How to Install and Uninstall highlight Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "highlight" package

This guide let you learn how to install highlight on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                highlight
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "highlight" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall highlight on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                highlight
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the highlight package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: highlight
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 950
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ayman Negm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.18-3build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), liblua5.2-0, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), highlight-common (= 3.18-3build1)
Filename: pool/universe/h/highlight/highlight_3.18-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 317038
MD5sum: 1ce2429ef59fe4a18487002a90879b2e
SHA1: 82bd3bcb46ea74ee11c04299777521aba711a5bb
SHA256: 6f22aa3f04657c52c3798fec215145e7c1a5cd8088a5ba849fe44c315989c0f4
Description-en: Universal source code to formatted text converter
A utility that converts sourcecode to HTML, XHTML, RTF, LaTeX, TeX,
SVG, XML or terminal escape sequences with syntax highlighting. It
supports several programming and markup languages. Language
descriptions are configurable and support regular expressions. The
utility offers indentation and reformatting capabilities. It is
easily possible to create new language definitions and colour themes.
Description-md5: 41582079c56affb2a98f081f9b1e9702
Homepage: http://www.andre-simon.de
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu