How To Install yaws-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 yaws-doc on Ubuntu.
What is yaws-doc
yaws-doc is:
Yaws is a high performance HTTP 1.1 webserver written in Erlang. It is a multithreaded webserver where one Erlang light weight process is used to handle each client.
This package includes Yaws documentation and examples.
There are three methods to install yaws-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 yaws-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 yaws-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yaws-doc
Install yaws-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yaws-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yaws-doc
Install yaws-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 yaws-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yaws-doc
How To Uninstall yaws-doc on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the yaws-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yaws-doc
Uninstall yaws-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yaws-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yaws-doc
Remove yaws-doc Configurations and Data
To remove yaws-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yaws-doc
Remove yaws-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yaws-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yaws-doc
Dependencies
yaws-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yaws-doc package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.