How To Install gummi 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 gummi on Ubuntu.

What is gummi

gummi is:

Gummi is a LaTeX editor based on GTK3. The basic features are:

• Live preview pane for the compiled document,
• BibTeX integration,
• Helpers for tables and matrices,
• Exporting to PDF,
• Error checking,
• Syntax highlighting,
• Spellchecking,
• Document statistics,
• Persistent configuration.

There are three methods to install gummi 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 gummi Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gummi

Install gummi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gummi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gummi

Install gummi 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 gummi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gummi

How To Uninstall gummi on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gummi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gummi

Uninstall gummi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gummi

Remove gummi Configurations and Data

To remove gummi configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gummi

Remove gummi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gummi

Dependencies

gummi have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libgtksourceview-3.0-1
• libgtkspell3-3-0
• libpoppler-glib8
• libsynctex2

References

• gummi website

Summary

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