How To Install ruby-rdiscount on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rdiscount on Debian 10.
What is ruby-rdiscount
ruby-rdiscount is:
Discount is an implementation of John Gruber’s Markdown markup language in C. It implements all of the language described in the markdown syntax document and passes the Markdown 1.0 test suite.
RDiscount is a Ruby extension library for Discount. It can be used as a stand-alone program or within another Ruby program.
There are three methods to install ruby-rdiscount on Debian 10. 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-rdiscount 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-rdiscount using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rdiscount
Install ruby-rdiscount Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-rdiscount using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-rdiscount
Install ruby-rdiscount 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-rdiscount using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rdiscount
How To Uninstall ruby-rdiscount on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ruby-rdiscount package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-rdiscount
Uninstall ruby-rdiscount And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-rdiscount and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rdiscount
Remove ruby-rdiscount Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-rdiscount configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rdiscount
Remove ruby-rdiscount configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-rdiscount configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rdiscount
Dependencies
ruby-rdiscount have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rdiscount package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
