How To Install kdoctools5 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdoctools5 on Ubuntu 22.04. kdoctools5 is Tools to generate documentation in various formats from DocBook

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdoctools5 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is kdoctools5

kdoctools5 is:

KDocTools is a set of tools to generate documentation in various formats from DocBook files.

This package is part of KDE Frameworks 5.

There are three methods to install kdoctools5 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 kdoctools5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kdoctools5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kdoctools5

Install kdoctools5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kdoctools5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kdoctools5

Install kdoctools5 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 kdoctools5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kdoctools5

How To Uninstall kdoctools5 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the kdoctools5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kdoctools5

Uninstall kdoctools5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kdoctools5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdoctools5

Remove kdoctools5 Configurations and Data

To remove kdoctools5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kdoctools5

Remove kdoctools5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kdoctools5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdoctools5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kdoctools5 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.