How To Install rstcheck 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 rstcheck on Ubuntu.
What is rstcheck
rstcheck is:
rstcheck validates the syntax of reStructuredText documents. Unlike other validators, it will also verify syntax correctness in nested code blocks for a variety of languages:
- Bash shell scripts
- Doctest
- C (C99)
- C++ (C++11)
- JSON
- XML
- Python
- reStructuredText
rstcheck can also validate Sphinx documentation files if Sphinx is installed.
There are three methods to install rstcheck 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 rstcheck Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rstcheck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rstcheck
Install rstcheck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rstcheck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rstcheck
Install rstcheck 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 rstcheck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rstcheck
How To Uninstall rstcheck on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the rstcheck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rstcheck
Uninstall rstcheck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rstcheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rstcheck
Remove rstcheck Configurations and Data
To remove rstcheck configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rstcheck
Remove rstcheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rstcheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rstcheck
Dependencies
rstcheck have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rstcheck package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.