How To Install ruby-asciidoctor 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 ruby-asciidoctor on Ubuntu.
What is ruby-asciidoctor
ruby-asciidoctor is:
Asciidoctor is a pure Ruby processor for converting AsciiDoc source files and strings into HTML 5, DocBook 4.5, DocBook 5.0 and other formats.
This package contains the library files used by the asciidoctor package.
There are three methods to install ruby-asciidoctor 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 ruby-asciidoctor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-asciidoctor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-asciidoctor
Install ruby-asciidoctor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-asciidoctor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-asciidoctor
Install ruby-asciidoctor 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 ruby-asciidoctor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-asciidoctor
How To Uninstall ruby-asciidoctor on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ruby-asciidoctor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-asciidoctor
Uninstall ruby-asciidoctor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-asciidoctor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-asciidoctor
Remove ruby-asciidoctor Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-asciidoctor configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-asciidoctor
Remove ruby-asciidoctor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-asciidoctor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-asciidoctor
Dependencies
ruby-asciidoctor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-asciidoctor package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.