How To Install texlive-fonts-recommended 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 texlive-fonts-recommended on Ubuntu.
What is texlive-fonts-recommended
texlive-fonts-recommended is:
Recommended fonts, including the base 35 PostScript fonts, Latin Modern, TeX Gyre, and T1 and other encoding support for Computer Modern, in outline form.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
avantgar – URW ‘Base 35’ font pack for LaTeX
bookman – URW ‘Base 35’ font pack for LaTeX
charter – Charter fonts
cmextra – Knuth’s local information
courier – URW ‘Base 35’ font pack for LaTeX
euro – Provide Euro values for national currency amounts
euro-ce – Euro and CE sign font
eurosym – Metafont and macros for Euro sign
fpl – SC and OsF fonts for URW Palladio L
helvetic – URW ‘Base 35’ font pack for LaTeX
manfnt-font – Knuth’s “manual” fonts
marvosym – Martin Vogel’s Symbols (marvosym) font
mathpazo – Fonts to typeset mathematics to match Palatino
mflogo-font – Metafont logo font
ncntrsbk – URW ‘Base 35’ font pack for LaTeX
palatino – URW ‘Base 35’ font pack for LaTeX
pxfonts – Palatino-like fonts in support of mathematics
rsfs – Ralph Smith’s Formal Script font
symbol – URW ‘Base 35’ font pack for LaTeX
times – URW ‘Base 35’ font pack for LaTeX
txfonts – Times-like fonts in support of mathematics
utopia – Adobe Utopia fonts
wasy – The wasy fonts (Waldi symbol fonts)
wasy-type1 – Type 1 versions of wasy fonts
wasysym – LaTeX support for the wasy fonts
zapfchan – URW ‘Base 35’ font pack for LaTeX
zapfding – URW ‘Base 35’ font pack for LaTeX
There are three methods to install texlive-fonts-recommended 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 texlive-fonts-recommended Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-fonts-recommended using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texlive-fonts-recommended
Install texlive-fonts-recommended Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-fonts-recommended using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texlive-fonts-recommended
Install texlive-fonts-recommended 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 texlive-fonts-recommended using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texlive-fonts-recommended
How To Uninstall texlive-fonts-recommended on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the texlive-fonts-recommended package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-fonts-recommended
Uninstall texlive-fonts-recommended And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texlive-fonts-recommended and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-fonts-recommended
Remove texlive-fonts-recommended Configurations and Data
To remove texlive-fonts-recommended configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-fonts-recommended
Remove texlive-fonts-recommended configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texlive-fonts-recommended configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-fonts-recommended
Dependencies
texlive-fonts-recommended have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fonts-recommended package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.