How To Install libpoco-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 libpoco-doc on Ubuntu.

What is `libpoco-doc`

libpoco-doc is:

The C++ Portable Components currently consist of eleven libraries:

The Foundation library (contains a platform abstraction layer)
The XML library (contains an XML parser as well as an XMLWriter)
The Util library (contains classes for working with configuration files and command line arguments)
The Net and the NetSSL libraries (contains network classes like sockets, SMTP, HTTP, Secure Socket Layer, SSL secured HTTP, etc.)
The Data library (contains data abstraction layer)
The ODBC, MySQL and the SQLite libraries (contains database connectivity)
The Crypto library (contains implementation of DES, AES, RSA, etc.)
The Zip library

There are three methods to install libpoco-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 libpoco-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 libpoco-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpoco-doc

Install libpoco-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpoco-doc

Install libpoco-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 libpoco-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpoco-doc

How To Uninstall libpoco-doc on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libpoco-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpoco-doc

Uninstall libpoco-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpoco-doc

Remove libpoco-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libpoco-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpoco-doc

Remove libpoco-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpoco-doc

Dependencies

libpoco-doc have the following dependencies:

References

libpoco-doc website

Summary

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