How To Install mkdocs-section-index on Debian 12

Learn how to install mkdocs-section-index on Debian 12 with this tutorial. mkdocs-section-index is Plugin for MkDocs to allow clickable sections that lead to an index page

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mkdocs-section-index on Debian 12.

What is mkdocs-section-index

mkdocs-section-index is:

Normally sections in MkDocs cannot be clickable as pages themselves, but this plugin makes that possible.

This plugin requires per-theme overrides (implemented within the plugin), or support from themes themselves.

There are three methods to install mkdocs-section-index on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mkdocs-section-index Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mkdocs-section-index using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mkdocs-section-index

Install mkdocs-section-index Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mkdocs-section-index using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mkdocs-section-index

Install mkdocs-section-index 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mkdocs-section-index using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mkdocs-section-index

How To Uninstall mkdocs-section-index on Debian 12

To uninstall only the mkdocs-section-index package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mkdocs-section-index

Uninstall mkdocs-section-index And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mkdocs-section-index and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mkdocs-section-index

Remove mkdocs-section-index Configurations and Data

To remove mkdocs-section-index configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mkdocs-section-index

Remove mkdocs-section-index configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mkdocs-section-index configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mkdocs-section-index

Dependencies

mkdocs-section-index have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mkdocs-section-index package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.