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

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "markdown" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install markdown on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall markdown on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: markdown
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matt Kraai
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.1-8
Depends: perl (>= 5.6.0-0.1)
Filename: pool/universe/m/markdown/markdown_1.0.1-8_all.deb
Size: 17192
MD5sum: 46431b2429dc5a7ed29e9c0f6914a5e0
SHA1: 8ac5d485a84bd89327f23533edb40bdd49293149
SHA256: c36a6ef636e781b03941d97af41046582218f32c775dc4b8f89758001a016940
Description-en: Text-to-HTML conversion tool
Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. It
allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text
format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).
Description-md5: 91cb49067bbada95ec2e46f260953f3a
Homepage: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu