How To Install cmark-gfm on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmark-gfm on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cmark-gfm
cmark-gfm is:
cmark-gfm is the GitHub flavor of the cmark C reference implementation of CommonMark, a rationalized version of Markdown syntax with a spec. This package provides a command-line program (cmark-gfm) for parsing and rendering CommonMark documents.
This GitHub flavored version has extensions for org-mode style tables, auto-linking, and more.
There are three methods to install cmark-gfm 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 cmark-gfm 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-gfm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cmark-gfm
Install cmark-gfm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cmark-gfm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cmark-gfm
Install cmark-gfm 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 cmark-gfm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cmark-gfm
How To Uninstall cmark-gfm on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cmark-gfm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cmark-gfm
Uninstall cmark-gfm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cmark-gfm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cmark-gfm
Remove cmark-gfm Configurations and Data
To remove cmark-gfm configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cmark-gfm
Remove cmark-gfm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cmark-gfm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cmark-gfm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmark-gfm package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.