How To Install wdiff-doc on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 332 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wdiff-doc on Ubuntu.
What is wdiff-doc
wdiff-doc is:
This package contains the HTML documentation for GNU wdiff.
There are three methods to install wdiff-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 wdiff-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 wdiff-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wdiff-doc
Install wdiff-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wdiff-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wdiff-doc
Install wdiff-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 wdiff-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wdiff-doc
How To Uninstall wdiff-doc on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wdiff-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wdiff-doc
Uninstall wdiff-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wdiff-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wdiff-doc
Remove wdiff-doc Configurations and Data
To remove wdiff-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wdiff-doc
Remove wdiff-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wdiff-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wdiff-doc
Dependencies
wdiff-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wdiff-doc package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.