How To Install cweb-latex on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cweb-latex on Debian 9.
What is cweb-latex
cweb-latex is:
This is a transitional package which depends on texlive-latex-extra; that package now contains the cweb-latex package.
LaTeX CWEB is a bundle that allows you to use LaTeX as the documentation markup of your CWEB program. Your CWEB programs may be LaTeX documents now – with sections, subsections, environments, figures, graphics inclusion, etc.
You will want to use this bundle if you
- are a CWEB programmer and use LaTeX elsewhere,
- haven’t used CWEB up to now, because you wanted structured markup (and you didn’t want to develop it yourself), or
- want a hierarchic document structure for CWEB programs.
There are three methods to install cweb-latex on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cweb-latex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cweb-latex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cweb-latex
Install cweb-latex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cweb-latex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cweb-latex
Install cweb-latex 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cweb-latex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cweb-latex
How To Uninstall cweb-latex on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cweb-latex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cweb-latex
Uninstall cweb-latex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cweb-latex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cweb-latex
Remove cweb-latex Configurations and Data
To remove cweb-latex configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cweb-latex
Remove cweb-latex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cweb-latex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cweb-latex
Dependencies
cweb-latex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cweb-latex package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
