How To Install zmk-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 zmk-doc on Ubuntu.
What is zmk-doc
zmk-doc is:
Collection of makefiles implementing a system similar to autotools, but without the generated files that make understanding system behaviour harder.
Highlights include:
- Describe programs, test programs, static libraries, shared libraries, development headers, manual pages and more
- Use familiar targets like “all”, “check”, “install” and “clean”
- Works out of the box on popular distributions of Linux and MacOS
- Friendly to distribution packaging expecting autotools
- Compile natively with gcc, clang, tcc or the open-watcom compilers
- Cross compile with gcc and open-watcom
- Efficient and incremental, including the install target
This package contains the manual pages for zmk.
There are three methods to install zmk-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 zmk-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 zmk-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zmk-doc
Install zmk-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zmk-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zmk-doc
Install zmk-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 zmk-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zmk-doc
How To Uninstall zmk-doc on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zmk-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zmk-doc
Uninstall zmk-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zmk-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zmk-doc
Remove zmk-doc Configurations and Data
To remove zmk-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zmk-doc
Remove zmk-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zmk-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zmk-doc
Dependencies
zmk-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zmk-doc package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.