How To Install ronn on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ronn on Ubuntu 22.04. ronn is tool to build manuals from Markdown

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ronn on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ronn

ronn is:

Ronn builds manuals. It converts simple, human readable textfiles to roff for terminal display, and also to HTML for the web.

The source format includes all of Markdown but has a more rigid structure and syntax extensions for features commonly found in manpages (definition lists, link notation, etc.). The ronn-format(7) manual page defines the format in detail.

This package contains the ronn conversion tool.

There are three methods to install ronn 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 ronn Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ronn

Install ronn Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ronn using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ronn

Install ronn 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 ronn using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ronn

How To Uninstall ronn on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the ronn package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ronn

Uninstall ronn And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ronn

Remove ronn Configurations and Data

To remove ronn configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ronn

Remove ronn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ronn

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Summary

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