How To Install libcmark-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmark-dev on Debian 12.
What is libcmark-dev
libcmark-dev is:
cmark is the C reference implementation of CommonMark, a rationalized version of Markdown syntax with a spec.
cmark parses almost as fast as sundown and hoedown (but safer and less buggy), about 3 times faster than discount, and about 100 times faster than kramdown and pandoc. Memory consumption is on par with sundown and about 10 times less than pandoc.
cmark outputs HTML, groff man, LaTeX, CommonMark, and a custom XML format.
Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain-text-formatting syntax.
This package contains the header and development files.
There are three methods to install libcmark-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcmark-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcmark-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcmark-dev
Install libcmark-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcmark-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcmark-dev
Install libcmark-dev 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 libcmark-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcmark-dev
How To Uninstall libcmark-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcmark-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcmark-dev
Uninstall libcmark-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcmark-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcmark-dev
Remove libcmark-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcmark-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcmark-dev
Remove libcmark-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcmark-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcmark-dev
Dependencies
libcmark-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmark-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
