How To Install autogen-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install autogen-doc on Kali Linux.

What is autogen-doc

autogen-doc is:

AutoGen is a tool designed for generating program files that contain
repetitive text with varied substitutions. This is especially valuable if
there are several blocks of such text that must be kept synchronized.

This package contains the PostScript and HTML documentation.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install autogen-doc

Install autogen-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install autogen-doc

Install autogen-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install autogen-doc

How To Uninstall autogen-doc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove autogen-doc

Uninstall autogen-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall autogen-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove autogen-doc

Remove autogen-doc Configurations and Data

To remove autogen-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge autogen-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

autogen-doc have the following dependencies:

References

• autogen-doc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install autogen-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.