How To Install markdown on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install markdown
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is markdown
markdown is:
Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. It allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).
There are three methods to install 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 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 markdown
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install markdown
Install markdown Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install markdown
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install markdown
Install 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 markdown
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install markdown
How To Uninstall markdown on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the markdown
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove markdown
Uninstall markdown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall markdown
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove markdown
Remove markdown Configurations and Data
To remove markdown
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge markdown
Remove markdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove markdown
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge markdown
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install markdown
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.