How To Install ruby-maruku on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-maruku on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-maruku
ruby-maruku is:
Maruku implements a superset of the Markdown language, designed to easily create HTML documents while only focusing on the high-level structure and not the details. Maruku also supports LaTeX export, which means you can produce PDF output.
Maruku prides itself of being decently fast on long documents.
There are three methods to install ruby-maruku 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-maruku 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-maruku using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-maruku
Install ruby-maruku Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-maruku using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-maruku
Install ruby-maruku 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-maruku using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-maruku
How To Uninstall ruby-maruku on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-maruku package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-maruku
Uninstall ruby-maruku And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-maruku and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-maruku
Remove ruby-maruku Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-maruku configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-maruku
Remove ruby-maruku configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-maruku configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-maruku
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-maruku package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
