How To Install parsewiki on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install parsewiki on Debian 9.
What is parsewiki
parsewiki is:
Perl script that can be used to produce HTML, XHTML, Latex or DocBook/XML from a simple ASCII text source document, with minimum syntax rules.
The text markup is quite simple and allows us to create documents in an easy and fast way.
The tool is not suitable for complex documents, but can be used to create an initial version which can be further developed working on the generated LaTeX or DocBook file.
There are three methods to install parsewiki 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 parsewiki Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install parsewiki using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install parsewiki
Install parsewiki Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install parsewiki using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install parsewiki
Install parsewiki 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 parsewiki using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install parsewiki
How To Uninstall parsewiki on Debian 9
To uninstall only the parsewiki package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove parsewiki
Uninstall parsewiki And Its Dependencies
To uninstall parsewiki and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove parsewiki
Remove parsewiki Configurations and Data
To remove parsewiki configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge parsewiki
Remove parsewiki configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove parsewiki configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge parsewiki
Dependencies
parsewiki have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install parsewiki package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.