How To Install lua-markdown on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-markdown on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-markdown
lua-markdown is:
This package contains markdown, a Lua library to translate the markdown syntax to HTML.
This package also contains the documentation.
There are three methods to install lua-markdown 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 lua-markdown Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-markdown using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-markdown
Install lua-markdown Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-markdown using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-markdown
Install lua-markdown 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 lua-markdown using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-markdown
How To Uninstall lua-markdown on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-markdown package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-markdown
Uninstall lua-markdown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-markdown and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-markdown
Remove lua-markdown Configurations and Data
To remove lua-markdown configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-markdown
Remove lua-markdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-markdown configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-markdown
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-markdown package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
