How To Install cl-markdown on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-markdown on Ubuntu 22.04. cl-markdown is Common Lisp rewrite of Markdown

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-markdown on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cl-markdown

cl-markdown is:

Markdown is John Gruber’s text markup language and the Perl program that converts documents written in that language into HTML. CL-Markdown is a Common Lisp rewrite of Markdown. CL-Markdown is licensed under the MIT license.

There are three methods to install cl-markdown 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 cl-markdown Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cl-markdown

Install cl-markdown Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cl-markdown

Install cl-markdown 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 cl-markdown using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cl-markdown

How To Uninstall cl-markdown on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cl-markdown package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cl-markdown

Uninstall cl-markdown And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cl-markdown and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cl-markdown

Remove cl-markdown Configurations and Data

To remove cl-markdown configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cl-markdown

Remove cl-markdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cl-markdown

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cl-markdown package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.