How to Install and Uninstall doc-base Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 13,2025

1. Install "doc-base" package

Learn how to install doc-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                doc-base
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "doc-base" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall doc-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                doc-base
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the doc-base package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: doc-base
Priority: optional
Section: doc
Installed-Size: 460
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Robert Luberda
Architecture: all
Version: 0.10.7
Depends: libuuid-perl, libyaml-tiny-perl
Suggests: dhelp | dwww | doc-central | yelp | khelpcenter4, rarian-compat
Filename: pool/main/d/doc-base/doc-base_0.10.7_all.deb
Size: 78440
MD5sum: 23c35b7200bdaf58f45ca75785df0345
SHA1: 9855312c17115ec1785d7041b171cc4e57c6c984
SHA256: 0774d2a5997c9f806d050b585d0194344c903370e11ee1f8a173b9b486c0f64c
Description-en: utilities to manage online documentation
This package contains utilities to manage documentation installed on
a Debian system. It generates a database of document metadata, which
other packages such as dwww, dhelp, doc-central, and rarian-compat
can use to provide a catalog of available documentation.
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For additional information see the Debian doc-base Manual included in
this package.
Description-md5: 795a15f13949941d9a1bf4330905c8bb
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop