How To Install php-text-wiki on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-text-wiki on Ubuntu 18.04. php-text-wiki is transform Wiki and BBCode markup into XHTML, LaTeX or plain text markup

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-text-wiki on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is php-text-wiki

php-text-wiki is:

The text transformation is done in 2 steps. The chosen parser uses markup rules to tokenize the tags and content. Renderers output the tokens and text into the requested format. The tokenized form replaces the tags by a protected byte value associated to an index in an options table. This form shares up to 50 rules by all parsers and renderers. The package is intented for versatile transformers as well as converters. Text_Wiki is delivered with its own parser, which is used by Yawiki or Horde’s Wicked and three basic renderers: XHTML , LaTeX and plain text. Strong sanitizing of XHTML is default. Parsers (* and Renderers) exist for BBCode, Cowiki (), Dokuwiki (), Mediawiki and Tikiwiki (*). It is highly configurable and can be easily extended.

There are three methods to install php-text-wiki 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 php-text-wiki 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-text-wiki using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-text-wiki

Install php-text-wiki Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-text-wiki using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-text-wiki

Install php-text-wiki 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-text-wiki using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-text-wiki

How To Uninstall php-text-wiki on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the php-text-wiki package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-text-wiki

Uninstall php-text-wiki And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-text-wiki and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-text-wiki

Remove php-text-wiki Configurations and Data

To remove php-text-wiki configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-text-wiki

Remove php-text-wiki configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-text-wiki configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-text-wiki

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Summary

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