How To Install go-md2man on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install go-md2man on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install go-md2man package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
