How To Install libgnome-desktop-doc on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-desktop-doc on Ubuntu.
What is libgnome-desktop-doc
libgnome-desktop-doc is:
The gnome-desktop set of libraries provides various utility functions that are used in multiple components of the GNOME desktop, but do not have a sufficiently stable API to be included in core libraries such as GLib and GTK.
This package contains API documentation, currently only available for the GTK 3 version of the library.
There are three methods to install libgnome-desktop-doc on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgnome-desktop-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 libgnome-desktop-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgnome-desktop-doc
Install libgnome-desktop-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnome-desktop-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgnome-desktop-doc
Install libgnome-desktop-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 libgnome-desktop-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgnome-desktop-doc
How To Uninstall libgnome-desktop-doc on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libgnome-desktop-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgnome-desktop-doc
Uninstall libgnome-desktop-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgnome-desktop-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnome-desktop-doc
Remove libgnome-desktop-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libgnome-desktop-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgnome-desktop-doc
Remove libgnome-desktop-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgnome-desktop-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnome-desktop-doc
Dependencies
libgnome-desktop-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnome-desktop-doc package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.