How To Install libcmark-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmark-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. libcmark-dev is development files for CommonMark parsing and rendering library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmark-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libcmark-dev

libcmark-dev is:

cmark is the C reference implementation of CommonMark, a rationalized version of Markdown syntax with a spec.

cmark parses almost as fast as sundown and hoedown (but safer and less buggy), about 3 times faster than discount, and about 100 times faster than kramdown and pandoc. Memory consumption is on par with sundown and about 10 times less than pandoc.

cmark outputs HTML, groff man, LaTeX, CommonMark, and a custom XML format.

Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain-text-formatting syntax.

This package contains the header and development files.

There are three methods to install libcmark-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcmark-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcmark-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcmark-dev

Install libcmark-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcmark-dev

Install libcmark-dev 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 libcmark-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcmark-dev

How To Uninstall libcmark-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libcmark-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcmark-dev

Uninstall libcmark-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcmark-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcmark-dev

Remove libcmark-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcmark-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcmark-dev

Remove libcmark-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcmark-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmark-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.