How To Install libtexlua-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libtexlua-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libtexlua-dev is TeX Live

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtexlua-dev on Debian 12.

What is libtexlua-dev

libtexlua-dev is:

This package contains the static library and header files for the texlua library.

There are three methods to install libtexlua-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libtexlua-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtexlua-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtexlua-dev

Install libtexlua-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtexlua-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtexlua-dev

Install libtexlua-dev 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 libtexlua-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtexlua-dev

How To Uninstall libtexlua-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libtexlua-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtexlua-dev

Uninstall libtexlua-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtexlua-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtexlua-dev

Remove libtexlua-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libtexlua-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtexlua-dev

Remove libtexlua-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtexlua-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtexlua-dev

Dependencies

libtexlua-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtexlua-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.