How To Install noweb on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install noweb on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is noweb
noweb is:
noweb is designed to meet the needs of literate programmers while remaining as simple as possible. Its primary advantages are simplicity, extensibility, and language-independence.
The noweb manual is only 3 pages; an additional page explains how to customize its LaTeX output. noweb works ``out of the box’’ with any programming language, and supports TeX, LaTeX, and HTML back ends.
The primary sacrifice relative to WEB is that code is not prettyprinted.
There are three methods to install noweb 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 noweb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install noweb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install noweb
Install noweb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install noweb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install noweb
Install noweb 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 noweb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install noweb
How To Uninstall noweb on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the noweb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove noweb
Uninstall noweb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall noweb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove noweb
Remove noweb Configurations and Data
To remove noweb configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge noweb
Remove noweb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove noweb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge noweb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install noweb package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
