How To Install libsource-highlight-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsource-highlight-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsource-highlight-common
libsource-highlight-common is:
This package contains the data files used by the libsource-highlight library, which is the library that underlies the source-highlight program suite. The library converts source code to a document with syntax highlighting and supports many file formats. The library can be used by other C++ programs to get source code highlighting capabilities.
There are three methods to install libsource-highlight-common 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 libsource-highlight-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsource-highlight-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsource-highlight-common
Install libsource-highlight-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsource-highlight-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsource-highlight-common
Install libsource-highlight-common 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 libsource-highlight-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsource-highlight-common
How To Uninstall libsource-highlight-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsource-highlight-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsource-highlight-common
Uninstall libsource-highlight-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsource-highlight-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsource-highlight-common
Remove libsource-highlight-common Configurations and Data
To remove libsource-highlight-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsource-highlight-common
Remove libsource-highlight-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsource-highlight-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsource-highlight-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsource-highlight-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
