How To Install texlive 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 on Ubuntu.
What is texlive
texlive is:
The TeX Live software distribution offers a complete TeX system. It encompasses programs for typesetting, previewing and printing of TeX documents in many different languages, and a large collection of TeX macros and font libraries. . This metapackage provides a decent selection of the TeX Live packages which should suffice for the most common tasks. . The distribution also includes extensive general documentation about TeX, as well as the documentation accompanying the included software packages.
There are three methods to install texlive 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texlive
Install texlive Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texlive
Install texlive 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texlive
How To Uninstall texlive on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the texlive package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texlive
Uninstall texlive And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texlive and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive
Remove texlive Configurations and Data
To remove texlive configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texlive
Remove texlive configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texlive configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive
Dependencies
texlive have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.