How To Install grip on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grip on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is grip
grip is:
Grip is a command-line server application written in Python that uses the GitHub markdown API to render a local readme file. The styles come directly from GitHub, so you’ll know exactly how it will appear. Changes you make to the Readme will be instantly reflected in the browser without requiring a page refresh.
There are three methods to install grip 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 grip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grip
Install grip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grip
Install grip 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 grip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grip
How To Uninstall grip on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the grip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grip
Uninstall grip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grip
Remove grip Configurations and Data
To remove grip configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grip
Remove grip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grip package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.