How To Install liblowdown1 on Debian 12

Learn how to install liblowdown1 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. liblowdown1 is Simple markdown translator (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblowdown1 on Debian 12.

What is liblowdown1

liblowdown1 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 attributes
  • task lists

This package contains the shared runtime library.

There are three methods to install liblowdown1 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 liblowdown1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblowdown1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblowdown1

Install liblowdown1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblowdown1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblowdown1

Install liblowdown1 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 liblowdown1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblowdown1

How To Uninstall liblowdown1 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the liblowdown1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblowdown1

Uninstall liblowdown1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblowdown1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblowdown1

Remove liblowdown1 Configurations and Data

To remove liblowdown1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblowdown1

Remove liblowdown1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblowdown1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblowdown1

Dependencies

liblowdown1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblowdown1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.