How to Install and Uninstall ruby-rdiscount Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "ruby-rdiscount" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ruby-rdiscount on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ruby-rdiscount
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ruby-rdiscount" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ruby-rdiscount on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ruby-rdiscount
Priority: optional
Section: universe/ruby
Installed-Size: 111
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.8-1build3
Depends: ruby (>= 1:2.3~0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libruby2.3 (>= 2.3.0~preview2)
Filename: pool/universe/r/ruby-rdiscount/ruby-rdiscount_2.1.8-1build3_amd64.deb
Size: 39688
MD5sum: ad86bd01e1ef222b12f357e7907fe3fa
SHA1: 3ec2d81577291046bee52e84c2c948f785bd1200
SHA256: 386ca5ad3f8eee983a855363542e50409d2ae29e8ca93c9f25718146b20a7465
Description-en: Discount Markdown Processor for Ruby
Discount is an implementation of John Gruber's Markdown markup language in C.
It implements all of the language described in the markdown syntax document
and passes the Markdown 1.0 test suite.
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RDiscount is a Ruby extension library for Discount. It can be used as a
stand-alone program or within another Ruby program.
Description-md5: 97d18cf10bb4e267cac8f8359024e2fe
Homepage: http://github.com/rtomayko/rdiscount
Ruby-Versions: ruby2.3
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu