How To Install libt3highlight-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libt3highlight-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libt3highlight-dev
libt3highlight-dev is:
The libt3highlight library provides functions for syntax-highlighting different types of text files. Its main design goal is an easily restartable syntax highlighting, suitable for use in interactive text editors.
To make the syntax highlighting restartable, libt3highlight uses a single integer start-of-line state. However, it does provide several advanced features, such as dynamic end-of-state patterns, which make it possible to highlight complex languages like Perl and Bash with high fidelity.
This package contains the header files to compile programs against libt3highlight.
There are three methods to install libt3highlight-dev 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 libt3highlight-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 libt3highlight-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libt3highlight-dev
Install libt3highlight-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libt3highlight-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libt3highlight-dev
Install libt3highlight-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libt3highlight-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libt3highlight-dev
How To Uninstall libt3highlight-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libt3highlight-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libt3highlight-dev
Uninstall libt3highlight-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libt3highlight-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libt3highlight-dev
Remove libt3highlight-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libt3highlight-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libt3highlight-dev
Remove libt3highlight-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libt3highlight-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libt3highlight-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libt3highlight-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
