How To Install gummi on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gummi on Ubuntu 20.04. gummi is simple LaTeX editor with live preview simple LaTeX editor with live preview

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gummi on Ubuntu 20.04.

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.

Package: gummi Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.7.999-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/tex Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1164 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.4), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.4), libgtksourceview-3.0-1 (>= 2.91.4), libpoppler-glib8 (>= 0.18.0), libsynctex2 Recommends: texlive-extra-utils, texlive-latex-base, texlive-xetex Filename: pool/universe/g/gummi/gummi_0.7.999-1_amd64.deb Size: 296004 MD5sum: ab71a32d0303e96b1d772659525e65c7 SHA1: c381e0db526cfb26314c52fa0835f86ab5bd68c0 SHA256: 33dc0b972800604d8dd6f1be8cddf21ea112b6b471223d4906802ce189a1d93f Homepage: https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi Description-en: simple LaTeX editor with live preview 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 20.04. 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 20.04

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 20.04, 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 20.04 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

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gummi package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.