How To Install liblowdown-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblowdown-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is liblowdown-dev
liblowdown-dev is:
Lowdown is a Markdown translator producing HTML5, roff documents in the ms and man formats, LaTeX, gemini, and terminal output.
Beyond traditional Markdown syntax support, lowdown supports the following Markdown features and extensions:
- autolinking
- fenced code
- tables
- superscripts
- footnotes
- disabled inline HTML
- “smart typography”
- metadata
- commonmark (in progress)
- definition lists
- extended image attributes
This package contains development libraries, header files, and manpages.
There are three methods to install liblowdown-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblowdown-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 liblowdown-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblowdown-dev
Install liblowdown-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblowdown-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblowdown-dev
Install liblowdown-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install liblowdown-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblowdown-dev
How To Uninstall liblowdown-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the liblowdown-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblowdown-dev
Uninstall liblowdown-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblowdown-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblowdown-dev
Remove liblowdown-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblowdown-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblowdown-dev
Remove liblowdown-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblowdown-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblowdown-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblowdown-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.