How To Install mkdocs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkdocs
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mkdocs
mkdocs is:
MkDocs is a fast, simple and downright gorgeous static site generator that’s geared towards building project documentation. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML configuration file.
There are three methods to install mkdocs
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mkdocs 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mkdocs
Install mkdocs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mkdocs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mkdocs
Install mkdocs 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 mkdocs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mkdocs
How To Uninstall mkdocs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mkdocs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mkdocs
Uninstall mkdocs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mkdocs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mkdocs
Remove mkdocs Configurations and Data
To remove mkdocs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mkdocs
Remove mkdocs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mkdocs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mkdocs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mkdocs
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.