How To Install texi2html on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texi2html
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is texi2html
texi2html is:
texi2html is a Perl script that converts Texinfo files to HTML.
The program takes Texinfo files (not info ones) and produces a set of HTML files. The quality of the output is close to the printed output and is much better than an info->HTML gateway.
Compared to the output of `makeinfo –html’, texi2html’s output is more customizable and (subjectively) produces better output by default.
There are three methods to install texi2html
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 texi2html Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install texi2html
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texi2html
Install texi2html Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install texi2html
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texi2html
Install texi2html 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 texi2html
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texi2html
How To Uninstall texi2html on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the texi2html
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texi2html
Uninstall texi2html And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texi2html
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texi2html
Remove texi2html Configurations and Data
To remove texi2html
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texi2html
Remove texi2html configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texi2html
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texi2html
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texi2html
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.