How To Install node-marked-man on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-marked-man on Ubuntu 18.04. node-marked-man is Markdown to man page conversion - Node.js

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-marked-man on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is node-marked-man

node-marked-man is:

This module adds groff output support to node-marked. It provides an easy way to maintain man pages in a markdown format (with gfm flavor by default).

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

There are three methods to install node-marked-man 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 node-marked-man Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install node-marked-man using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-marked-man

Install node-marked-man Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-marked-man using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-marked-man

Install node-marked-man 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 node-marked-man using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-marked-man

How To Uninstall node-marked-man on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the node-marked-man package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-marked-man

Uninstall node-marked-man And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-marked-man and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-marked-man

Remove node-marked-man Configurations and Data

To remove node-marked-man configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-marked-man

Remove node-marked-man configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-marked-man configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-marked-man

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-marked-man package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.