How To Install doclifter on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install doclifter on Ubuntu 22.04. doclifter is Convert troff to DocBook

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install doclifter on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is doclifter

doclifter is:

Lifting documents from presentation level to semantic level is hard, and a really good job requires human polishing. This tool aims to do everything that can be mechanized, and to preserve any troff-level information that might have structural implications in XML comments.

There are three methods to install doclifter on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install doclifter Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install doclifter

Install doclifter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install doclifter using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install doclifter

Install doclifter 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 doclifter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install doclifter

How To Uninstall doclifter on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the doclifter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove doclifter

Uninstall doclifter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall doclifter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove doclifter

Remove doclifter Configurations and Data

To remove doclifter configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge doclifter

Remove doclifter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge doclifter

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install doclifter package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.