How To Install pelican on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pelican on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pelican
pelican is:
Pelican is a static site generator, written in Python. It allows you to write your weblog entries directly with your editor of choice in reStructuredText or Markdown, and generates completely static output that is easy to host anywhere. Pelican includes a simple CLI tool to (re)generate the weblog and it is easy to interface with DVCSes and web hooks.
There are three methods to install pelican 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 pelican Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pelican using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pelican
Install pelican Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pelican using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pelican
Install pelican 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 pelican using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pelican
How To Uninstall pelican on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pelican package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pelican
Uninstall pelican And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pelican and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pelican
Remove pelican Configurations and Data
To remove pelican configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pelican
Remove pelican configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pelican configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pelican
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pelican package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
