How To Install libhighlight-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhighlight-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libhighlight-perl
libhighlight-perl is:
A utility that converts sourcecode to HTML, XHTML, RTF, LaTeX, TeX, SVG, XML or terminal escape sequences with syntax highlighting. It supports several programming and markup languages. Language descriptions are configurable and support regular expressions. The utility offers indentation and reformatting capabilities. It is easily possible to create new language definitions and colour themes. This package contains the perl bindings.
There are three methods to install libhighlight-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libhighlight-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libhighlight-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhighlight-perl
Install libhighlight-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhighlight-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhighlight-perl
Install libhighlight-perl 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 libhighlight-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhighlight-perl
How To Uninstall libhighlight-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libhighlight-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhighlight-perl
Uninstall libhighlight-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhighlight-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhighlight-perl
Remove libhighlight-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libhighlight-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhighlight-perl
Remove libhighlight-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhighlight-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhighlight-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhighlight-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
