How To Install asciidoc-dblatex on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install asciidoc-dblatex on Ubuntu.
What is asciidoc-dblatex
asciidoc-dblatex is:
AsciiDoc is a text document format for writing articles, books, manuals and UNIX man pages. AsciiDoc files can be translated to HTML (with or without stylesheets), DocBook (articles, books and refentry documents) and LinuxDoc using the asciidoc command. AsciiDoc can also be used to build and maintain websites.
You write an AsciiDoc document the same way you would write a normal text document, there are no markup tags or weird format notations. AsciiDoc files are designed to be viewed, edited and printed directly or translated to other presentation formats
This package helps you to get all the required dependencies and files to build pdf files using dblatex.
There are three methods to install asciidoc-dblatex on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install asciidoc-dblatex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install asciidoc-dblatex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install asciidoc-dblatex
Install asciidoc-dblatex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install asciidoc-dblatex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install asciidoc-dblatex
Install asciidoc-dblatex 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 asciidoc-dblatex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install asciidoc-dblatex
How To Uninstall asciidoc-dblatex on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the asciidoc-dblatex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove asciidoc-dblatex
Uninstall asciidoc-dblatex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall asciidoc-dblatex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove asciidoc-dblatex
Remove asciidoc-dblatex Configurations and Data
To remove asciidoc-dblatex configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge asciidoc-dblatex
Remove asciidoc-dblatex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove asciidoc-dblatex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asciidoc-dblatex
Dependencies
asciidoc-dblatex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install asciidoc-dblatex package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.