How To Install kramdown on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kramdown on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is kramdown
kramdown is:
The kramdown is a fast, pure Ruby, Markdown parser and converter, using a strict syntax definition and supporting several common extensions.
The kramdown library is mainly written to support the kramdown-to-HTML conversion chain. However, due to its flexibility it supports other input and output formats as well. Here is a list of the supported formats:
- input formats: kramdown (a Markdown superset), Markdown, HTML
- output formats: HTML, kramdown, LaTeX (and therefore PDF)
This package contains the kramdown command.
There are three methods to install kramdown on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kramdown Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kramdown using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kramdown
Install kramdown Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kramdown using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kramdown
Install kramdown 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 kramdown using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kramdown
How To Uninstall kramdown on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the kramdown package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kramdown
Uninstall kramdown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kramdown and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kramdown
Remove kramdown Configurations and Data
To remove kramdown configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kramdown
Remove kramdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kramdown configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kramdown
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kramdown package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
