How To Install dput-ng-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dput-ng-doc
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dput-ng-doc
dput-ng-doc is:
dput-ng is a Debian package upload tool which provides an easy to use interface to Debian (like) package archive hosting facilities. It allows anyone who works with Debian packages to upload their work to a remote service, including Debian’s ftp-master, mentors.debian.net, Launchpad or other package hosting facilities for Debian package maintainers.
This package provides exhaustive user documentation, developer API docu- mentation and command interface documentation.
There are three methods to install dput-ng-doc
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dput-ng-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dput-ng-doc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dput-ng-doc
Install dput-ng-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dput-ng-doc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dput-ng-doc
Install dput-ng-doc Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dput-ng-doc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dput-ng-doc
How To Uninstall dput-ng-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dput-ng-doc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dput-ng-doc
Uninstall dput-ng-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dput-ng-doc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dput-ng-doc
Remove dput-ng-doc Configurations and Data
To remove dput-ng-doc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dput-ng-doc
Remove dput-ng-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dput-ng-doc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dput-ng-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dput-ng-doc
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.