How To Install libsoldout-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoldout-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libsoldout-utils
libsoldout-utils is:
libsoldout is a library implementing a parser for John Gruber’s markdown language (http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/).
This package contains the code to build examples of programs exploiting libsoldout. Even though they are meant to show how to program with libsoldout they are fully functional. The examples are
- markdown2html: a markdown to HTML converter
- markdown2latex: markdown to LaTex converter
- markdown2man: a markdown to man page converter
There are three methods to install libsoldout-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsoldout-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoldout-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsoldout-utils
Install libsoldout-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoldout-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsoldout-utils
Install libsoldout-utils 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 libsoldout-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsoldout-utils
How To Uninstall libsoldout-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libsoldout-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsoldout-utils
Uninstall libsoldout-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsoldout-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsoldout-utils
Remove libsoldout-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libsoldout-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsoldout-utils
Remove libsoldout-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsoldout-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsoldout-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoldout-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
