How To Install prosper on Debian 10

Learn how to install prosper on Debian 10 with this tutorial. prosper is TeX Live

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prosper on Debian 10.

What is prosper

prosper is:

This is a transitional package for prosper to ensure proper upgrade to texlive-latex-extra. It can be safely removed after the installation is complete.

There are three methods to install prosper on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install prosper Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install prosper

Install prosper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install prosper using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install prosper

Install prosper 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 prosper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prosper

How To Uninstall prosper on Debian 10

To uninstall only the prosper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove prosper

Uninstall prosper And Its Dependencies

To uninstall prosper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prosper

Remove prosper Configurations and Data

To remove prosper configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge prosper

Remove prosper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prosper

Dependencies

prosper have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install prosper package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.