How To Install pasdoc 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 pasdoc on Ubuntu.
What is pasdoc
pasdoc is:
Pasdoc generates documentation for Pascal units. It takes descriptions from comments within the source code. Documentation output formats include HTML and LaTeX. Object Pascal, FreePascal and Delphi specific features are supported.
Pasdoc has the follow features:
- Understands code written in any Pascal and Object Pascal dialect
- Understands modern Object Pascal language, as found in latest FreePascal and Delphi versions
- Many output formats: HTML, HTMLHelp, LaTeX (PDF, PS), latex2rft, XML
- Command-line (in batch mode) and GUI interface
- Documentation from comments in the source code and/or provided in separate file
- Arbitrary (even optional) comment markers
- Special @-tags for formatting the documentation
- Whole pages (like introduction to the docs) can be written using @-tags
- Easy search box in HTML output using Tipue
- Classes and unit dependency graphs
- Optional automatic linking of identifiers
- Spell checking
- Cache for generating documentation fast
There are three methods to install pasdoc 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 pasdoc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pasdoc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pasdoc
Install pasdoc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pasdoc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pasdoc
Install pasdoc 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 pasdoc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pasdoc
How To Uninstall pasdoc on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the pasdoc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pasdoc
Uninstall pasdoc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pasdoc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pasdoc
Remove pasdoc Configurations and Data
To remove pasdoc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pasdoc
Remove pasdoc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pasdoc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pasdoc
Dependencies
pasdoc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pasdoc package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.