How To Install t2html on Debian 12

Learn how to install t2html on Debian 12 with this tutorial. t2html is text to HTML converter implemented in Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install t2html on Debian 12.

What is t2html

t2html is:

Convert text file into HTML 4.01/CSS2 format. The is written in natural white paper format by using standard headings and indented paragraphs at standard tab position column 8. The text can contain ASCII =markup= `tokens’. Embedding HTML is also possible via INCLUDE directives. This utility predates similar Python-based asciidoc.

A showcase: http://pm-doc.sourceforge.net/doc/

There are three methods to install t2html 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 t2html Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install t2html using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install t2html

Install t2html Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install t2html using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install t2html

Install t2html 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 t2html using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install t2html

How To Uninstall t2html on Debian 12

To uninstall only the t2html package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove t2html

Uninstall t2html And Its Dependencies

To uninstall t2html and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove t2html

Remove t2html Configurations and Data

To remove t2html configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge t2html

Remove t2html configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove t2html configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge t2html

Dependencies

t2html have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install t2html package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.