How To Install edubuntu-docs on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install edubuntu-docs on Ubuntu 18.04. edubuntu-docs is The Ubuntu Documentation Project - Edubuntu Documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install edubuntu-docs on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is edubuntu-docs

edubuntu-docs is:

This package holds the official Edubuntu-specific documentation, maintained by the Ubuntu Documentation Team. It includes the Edubuntu Handbook, About Edubuntu, and the School Advocacy Guide.

The guides can be viewed using Yelp, the GNOME help browser.

There are three methods to install edubuntu-docs 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 edubuntu-docs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install edubuntu-docs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install edubuntu-docs

Install edubuntu-docs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install edubuntu-docs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install edubuntu-docs

Install edubuntu-docs 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 edubuntu-docs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install edubuntu-docs

How To Uninstall edubuntu-docs on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the edubuntu-docs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove edubuntu-docs

Uninstall edubuntu-docs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall edubuntu-docs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove edubuntu-docs

Remove edubuntu-docs Configurations and Data

To remove edubuntu-docs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge edubuntu-docs

Remove edubuntu-docs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove edubuntu-docs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge edubuntu-docs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install edubuntu-docs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.