How To Install php-markdown on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-markdown
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is php-markdown
php-markdown is:
This is a library package that includes the PHP Markdown parser and its sibling PHP Markdown Extra with additional features.
“Markdown” is actually two things: a plain text markup syntax, and a software tool that converts the plain text markup to HTML.
The Markdown syntax allows you to write text naturally and format it without using HTML tags. More importantly: in Markdown format, your text stays enjoyable to read for a human being, and this is true enough that it makes a Markdown document publishable as-is, as plain text. If you are using text-formatted email, you already know some part of the syntax.
There are three methods to install php-markdown
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 php-markdown Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install php-markdown
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-markdown
Install php-markdown Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-markdown
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-markdown
Install php-markdown 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 php-markdown
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-markdown
How To Uninstall php-markdown on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the php-markdown
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-markdown
Uninstall php-markdown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-markdown
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-markdown
Remove php-markdown Configurations and Data
To remove php-markdown
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-markdown
Remove php-markdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-markdown
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-markdown
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-markdown
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.