How To Install python-markdown on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-markdown on Debian 9.
What is python-markdown
python-markdown is:
Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).
This is a Python implementation of John Gruber’s Markdown. The current version of python-markdown implements all Markdown syntax features and fully passes Markdown Test Suite 1.0. It also supports footnotes and attributes.
This package contains all the files needed to use Markdown with Python 2.x, and the /usr/bin/markdown_py command-line tool (provided for compatibility purposes).
There are three methods to install python-markdown on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-markdown Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-markdown using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-markdown
Install python-markdown Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-markdown using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-markdown
Install python-markdown 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 python-markdown using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-markdown
How To Uninstall python-markdown on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-markdown package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-markdown
Uninstall python-markdown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-markdown and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-markdown
Remove python-markdown Configurations and Data
To remove python-markdown configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-markdown
Remove python-markdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-markdown configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-markdown
Dependencies
python-markdown have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-markdown package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
