How To Install golang-chroma-v2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install golang-chroma-v2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. golang-chroma-v2 is general purpose syntax highlighter in pure Go (binaries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-chroma-v2 on Debian 12.

What is golang-chroma-v2

golang-chroma-v2 is:

Chroma takes source code and other structured text and converts it into syntax highlighted HTML, ANSI-coloured text, etc.

Chroma is based heavily on Pygments (http://pygments.org/), and includes translators for Pygments lexers and styles.

This package contains the compiled chroma-v2 and chromad-v2 binaries.

There are three methods to install golang-chroma-v2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install golang-chroma-v2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install golang-chroma-v2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install golang-chroma-v2

Install golang-chroma-v2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install golang-chroma-v2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install golang-chroma-v2

Install golang-chroma-v2 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 golang-chroma-v2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install golang-chroma-v2

How To Uninstall golang-chroma-v2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the golang-chroma-v2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove golang-chroma-v2

Uninstall golang-chroma-v2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall golang-chroma-v2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove golang-chroma-v2

Remove golang-chroma-v2 Configurations and Data

To remove golang-chroma-v2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge golang-chroma-v2

Remove golang-chroma-v2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove golang-chroma-v2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge golang-chroma-v2

Dependencies

golang-chroma-v2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install golang-chroma-v2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.