How To Install zoem on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install zoem on Ubuntu 18.04. zoem is general-purpose macro/programming language for transforming text

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zoem on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is zoem

zoem is:

Zoem is a language for transforming text. It supports the creation of light-weight mark-up languages as macro packages built on top of zoem.

Zoem submits text to a two-stage transformation process. Macro expansion and interpretation is followed by application of customizable character filtering rules. Zoem supports inside-out evaluation, comprehensive IO, control operators, iteration, dictionary stacks, multidimensional data storage, arithmetic expressions, regular expressions, system commands, and more.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zoem

Install zoem Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zoem

Install zoem 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 zoem using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zoem

How To Uninstall zoem on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove zoem

Uninstall zoem And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zoem and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zoem

Remove zoem Configurations and Data

To remove zoem configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zoem

Remove zoem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zoem

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zoem package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.