How To Install cmark on AlmaLinux 8

Introduction

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

What is cmark

cmark is the C reference implementation of CommonMark, a rationalized version of Markdown syntax with a spec. It provides a shared library (libcmark) with functions for parsing CommonMark documents to an abstract syntax tree (AST), manipulating the AST, and rendering the document to HTML, groff man, LaTeX, CommonMark, or an XML representation of the AST. It also provides a command-line program (cmark) for parsing and rendering CommonMark documents.

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

Install cmark 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 cmark using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cmark

Install cmark 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 cmark using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cmark

How To Uninstall cmark on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove cmark

References

• cmark website

Summary

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