How To Install rust-markdown 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 rust-markdown on Ubuntu.

What is `rust-markdown`

rust-markdown is:

This package provides a command line utility markdown which uses the rust markdown crate to parse a markdown file and output HTML.

There are three methods to install rust-markdown 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 rust-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 rust-markdown using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rust-markdown

Install rust-markdown Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rust-markdown

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

sudo aptitude -y install rust-markdown

How To Uninstall rust-markdown on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove rust-markdown

Uninstall rust-markdown And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rust-markdown

Remove rust-markdown Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rust-markdown

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

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

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

Dependencies

rust-markdown have the following dependencies:

References

rust-markdown website

Summary

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