How To Install cmark on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmark
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cmark
cmark is:
cmark is the C reference implementation of CommonMark, a rationalized version of Markdown syntax with a spec. This package provides a command-line program (cmark) for parsing and rendering CommonMark documents.
There are three methods to install cmark
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cmark
Remove cmark Configurations and Data
To remove cmark
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cmark
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.