How To Install r-cran-commonmark on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-commonmark on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-commonmark is high performance CommonMark and Github markdown rendering in R

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-commonmark on Debian 12.

What is r-cran-commonmark

r-cran-commonmark is:

The CommonMark specification defines a rationalized version of markdown syntax. This package uses the ‘cmark’ reference implementation for converting markdown text into various formats including html, LaTeX and groff man. In addition it exposes the markdown parse tree in xml format. The latest version of this package also adds support for Github extensions including tables, autolinks and strikethrough text.

There are three methods to install r-cran-commonmark on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install r-cran-commonmark Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-commonmark using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-commonmark

Install r-cran-commonmark Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-commonmark using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-commonmark

Install r-cran-commonmark 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 r-cran-commonmark using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-commonmark

How To Uninstall r-cran-commonmark on Debian 12

To uninstall only the r-cran-commonmark package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-commonmark

Uninstall r-cran-commonmark And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-commonmark and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-commonmark

Remove r-cran-commonmark Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-commonmark configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-commonmark

Remove r-cran-commonmark configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-commonmark configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-commonmark

Dependencies

r-cran-commonmark have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-commonmark package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.