How To Install libpod-markdown-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpod-markdown-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpod-markdown-perl
libpod-markdown-perl is:
Pod::Markdown is a Perl module that parses Plain Old Documentation (POD) and converts it into the Markdown text format. It subclasses Pod::Parser, so it supports all of its commands, too.
Markdown is a markup language to convert structured text into (X)HTML. Its main design goal is to make the input text as readable as possible. For this, the syntax is highly inspired by the format of plain text email. Markdown supports features like headers, emphasis, code blocks, blockquotes and links. For maximum flexibility, it also allows embedding HTML tags, both within paragraphs (eg. ), and at block level (
There are three methods to install libpod-markdown-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpod-markdown-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpod-markdown-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpod-markdown-perl
Install libpod-markdown-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpod-markdown-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpod-markdown-perl
Install libpod-markdown-perl 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 libpod-markdown-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpod-markdown-perl
How To Uninstall libpod-markdown-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpod-markdown-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpod-markdown-perl
Uninstall libpod-markdown-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpod-markdown-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpod-markdown-perl
Remove libpod-markdown-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libpod-markdown-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpod-markdown-perl
Remove libpod-markdown-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpod-markdown-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpod-markdown-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpod-markdown-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
