How To Install pandoc-sidenote on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pandoc-sidenote on Kali Linux.

What is pandoc-sidenote

pandoc-sidenote is:

pandoc-sidenote is a simple Pandoc filter to convert footnotes into a format that can be consumed by Tufte CSS.

Pandoc is a Haskell library for converting from one markup format to another, and a command-line tool that uses this library.

This package provides the filter to be used with the pandoc executable.

There are three methods to install pandoc-sidenote on Kali Linux. 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-sidenote 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-sidenote using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pandoc-sidenote

Install pandoc-sidenote Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pandoc-sidenote using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pandoc-sidenote

Install pandoc-sidenote Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install pandoc-sidenote using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pandoc-sidenote

How To Uninstall pandoc-sidenote on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pandoc-sidenote package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pandoc-sidenote

Uninstall pandoc-sidenote And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pandoc-sidenote and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pandoc-sidenote

Remove pandoc-sidenote Configurations and Data

To remove pandoc-sidenote configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pandoc-sidenote

Remove pandoc-sidenote configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pandoc-sidenote configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pandoc-sidenote

Dependencies

pandoc-sidenote have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libffi7
• libgmp10

References

• pandoc-sidenote website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pandoc-sidenote package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.