How To Install chroma on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install chroma on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is chroma
chroma is:
Chroma takes source code and other structured text and converts it into syntax highlighted HTML, ANSI-coloured text, etc.
Chroma is based heavily on Pygments (http://pygments.org/), and includes translators for Pygments lexers and styles.
This package contains the compiled chroma and chromad binaries.
There are three methods to install chroma 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 chroma Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install chroma using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install chroma
Install chroma Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install chroma using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install chroma
Install chroma 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 chroma using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install chroma
How To Uninstall chroma on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the chroma package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove chroma
Uninstall chroma And Its Dependencies
To uninstall chroma and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove chroma
Remove chroma Configurations and Data
To remove chroma configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge chroma
Remove chroma configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove chroma configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chroma
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install chroma package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
