How To Install libpt-doc on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpt-doc on Debian 9.

What is libpt-doc

libpt-doc is:

This package contains the documentation and samples to program with PTLib, which is a moderately large class library that has its genesis many years ago as a method to produce applications to run on both Microsoft Windows and Unix X-Window systems.

There are three methods to install libpt-doc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpt-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 libpt-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpt-doc

Install libpt-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpt-doc

Install libpt-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpt-doc

How To Uninstall libpt-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libpt-doc

Uninstall libpt-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpt-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpt-doc

Remove libpt-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libpt-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpt-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpt-doc have the following dependencies:

• libjs-jquery

References

• libpt-doc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpt-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.