How To Install pandoc-citeproc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pandoc-citeproc on Debian 9.
What is pandoc-citeproc
pandoc-citeproc is:
pandoc-citeproc is a Haskell implementation of the Citation Style Language (CSL).
This package also contains an executable: pandoc-citeproc, which works as a pandoc filter (pandoc >= 1.12), and also has a mode for converting bibliographic databases a YAML format suitable for inclusion in pandoc YAML metadata.
There are three methods to install pandoc-citeproc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pandoc-citeproc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pandoc-citeproc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pandoc-citeproc
Install pandoc-citeproc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pandoc-citeproc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pandoc-citeproc
Install pandoc-citeproc 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 pandoc-citeproc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pandoc-citeproc
How To Uninstall pandoc-citeproc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pandoc-citeproc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pandoc-citeproc
Uninstall pandoc-citeproc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pandoc-citeproc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pandoc-citeproc
Remove pandoc-citeproc Configurations and Data
To remove pandoc-citeproc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pandoc-citeproc
Remove pandoc-citeproc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pandoc-citeproc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pandoc-citeproc
Dependencies
pandoc-citeproc have the following dependencies:
- libghc-pandoc-citeproc-data
- libbibutils2
- libc6
- libffi6
- libgmp10
- libicu57
- liblua5.1-0
- libluajit-5.1-2
- libpcre3
- libyaml-0-2
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pandoc-citeproc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.