How To Install libmarkdown2-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libmarkdown2-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libmarkdown2-dev is implementation of the Markdown markup language in C (dev files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmarkdown2-dev on Debian 12.

What is libmarkdown2-dev

libmarkdown2-dev is:

Discount is an implementation of John Gruber’s Markdown markup language. It implements all of the language described in the Markdown syntax document and passes the Markdown 1.0 test suite.

This package provides the development file for libmarkdown.

There are three methods to install libmarkdown2-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 libmarkdown2-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 libmarkdown2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmarkdown2-dev

Install libmarkdown2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmarkdown2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmarkdown2-dev

Install libmarkdown2-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 libmarkdown2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmarkdown2-dev

How To Uninstall libmarkdown2-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libmarkdown2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmarkdown2-dev

Uninstall libmarkdown2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmarkdown2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmarkdown2-dev

Remove libmarkdown2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmarkdown2-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmarkdown2-dev

Remove libmarkdown2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmarkdown2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmarkdown2-dev

Dependencies

libmarkdown2-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmarkdown2-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.