How To Install cmark on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmark on Debian 11.
What is cmark
cmark 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 provides a command-line program (cmark) for parsing and rendering CommonMark documents.
There are three methods to install cmark on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cmark Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cmark using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cmark
Install cmark Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cmark using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cmark
Install cmark 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 cmark using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cmark
How To Uninstall cmark on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cmark package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cmark
Uninstall cmark And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cmark and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cmark
Remove cmark Configurations and Data
To remove cmark configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cmark
Remove cmark configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cmark configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cmark
Dependencies
cmark have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmark package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
