How To Install ruby-github-markup on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-github-markup on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-github-markup
ruby-github-markup is:
GitHub Markup converts multiple different rich text files to html.
The following markups are supported:
- Markdown
- Textile
- RDoc
- Emacs org-mode
- Creole
- MediaWiki
- reStructuredText
- AsciiDoc
- Plain Old Documentation (pod)
There are three methods to install ruby-github-markup 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 ruby-github-markup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-github-markup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-github-markup
Install ruby-github-markup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-github-markup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-github-markup
Install ruby-github-markup 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 ruby-github-markup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-github-markup
How To Uninstall ruby-github-markup on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-github-markup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-github-markup
Uninstall ruby-github-markup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-github-markup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-github-markup
Remove ruby-github-markup Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-github-markup configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-github-markup
Remove ruby-github-markup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-github-markup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-github-markup
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-github-markup package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
