How To Install debiman on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debiman on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is debiman
debiman is:
debiman makes (Debian) manpages accessible in a web browser. Its goals are, in order:
completeness: all manpages in Debian should be available.
visually appealing and convenient: reading manpages should be fun, convenience features (e.g. permalinks, URL redirects, easy navigation) should be available
speed: manpages should be quick to load, new manpages should be quickly ingested, the program should run quickly for pleasant development
There are three methods to install debiman on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install debiman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debiman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debiman
Install debiman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debiman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debiman
Install debiman 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 debiman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debiman
How To Uninstall debiman on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the debiman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debiman
Uninstall debiman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debiman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debiman
Remove debiman Configurations and Data
To remove debiman configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debiman
Remove debiman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debiman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debiman
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debiman package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
