How To Install libmarkdown2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmarkdown2 on Kali Linux.

What is libmarkdown2

libmarkdown2 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 libmarkdown generated from discount.

There are three methods to install libmarkdown2 on Kali Linux. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmarkdown2

Install libmarkdown2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmarkdown2

Install libmarkdown2 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmarkdown2

How To Uninstall libmarkdown2 on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmarkdown2

Uninstall libmarkdown2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmarkdown2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmarkdown2

Remove libmarkdown2 Configurations and Data

To remove libmarkdown2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmarkdown2

Remove libmarkdown2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmarkdown2

Dependencies

libmarkdown2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libmarkdown2 website

Summary

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