How To Install go-md2man on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-md2man on Debian 9. go-md2man is utility to create manpages from markdown

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-md2man on Debian 9.

What is go-md2man

go-md2man is:

Turns Markdown into manpages, which is really handy for people that don’t want to learn how to make manpages from stuff like DocBook.

This package contains the conversion binary.

There are three methods to install go-md2man on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install go-md2man Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install go-md2man using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install go-md2man

Install go-md2man Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install go-md2man using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install go-md2man

Install go-md2man 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install go-md2man using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install go-md2man

How To Uninstall go-md2man on Debian 9

To uninstall only the go-md2man package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove go-md2man

Uninstall go-md2man And Its Dependencies

To uninstall go-md2man and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove go-md2man

Remove go-md2man Configurations and Data

To remove go-md2man configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge go-md2man

Remove go-md2man configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove go-md2man configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge go-md2man

Dependencies

go-md2man have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-md2man package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.