How To Install tmexpand 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 tmexpand on Ubuntu.
What is tmexpand
tmexpand is:
tmexpand is a text-macro processing script written in S-Lang to facilitate the creation of text, HTML and SGML documents.
There are three methods to install tmexpand 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 tmexpand Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tmexpand using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tmexpand
Install tmexpand Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tmexpand using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tmexpand
Install tmexpand 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 tmexpand using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tmexpand
How To Uninstall tmexpand on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the tmexpand package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tmexpand
Uninstall tmexpand And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tmexpand and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tmexpand
Remove tmexpand Configurations and Data
To remove tmexpand configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tmexpand
Remove tmexpand configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tmexpand configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tmexpand
Dependencies
tmexpand have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tmexpand package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.