How To Install asciidoc on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install asciidoc in AlmaLinux 8. asciidoc is Text based document generation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install asciidoc on AlmaLinux 8.

What is asciidoc

AsciiDoc is a text document format for writing short documents, articles, books and UNIX man pages. AsciiDoc files can be translated to HTML and DocBook markups using the asciidoc(1) command.

We can use yum or dnf to install asciidoc on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install asciidoc.

Install asciidoc on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install asciidoc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install asciidoc

Install asciidoc on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install asciidoc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install asciidoc

How To Uninstall asciidoc on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove asciidoc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install asciidoc on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.