How To Install ruby-mdl on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-mdl on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-mdl is Markdown lint tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mdl on Debian 12.

What is `ruby-mdl`

ruby-mdl is:

ruby-mdl checks an individual markdown file, or a directory of markdown files against a set of 47 rules for syntax consistency. In its report back to the CLI, the Ruby based implementation reports the line(s) with an issue identified and how to improve it.

There are three methods to install ruby-mdl 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 ruby-mdl 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-mdl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mdl

Install ruby-mdl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-mdl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-mdl

Install ruby-mdl 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 ruby-mdl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mdl

How To Uninstall ruby-mdl on Debian 12

To uninstall only the ruby-mdl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-mdl

Uninstall ruby-mdl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mdl

Remove ruby-mdl Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-mdl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mdl

Remove ruby-mdl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-mdl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mdl

Dependencies

ruby-mdl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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