How To Install texlive-formats-extra on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-formats-extra on Kali Linux. texlive-formats-extra is TeX Live

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-formats-extra on Kali Linux.

What is texlive-formats-extra

texlive-formats-extra is:

Collected TeX `formats’, i.e., large-scale macro packages designed to be dumped into .fmt files – excluding the most common ones, such as latex and context, which have their own package(s). It also includes the Aleph engine and related Omega formats and packages.

This package includes the following CTAN packages:

aleph – Extended TeX

antomega – Alternative language support for Omega/Lambda

edmac – Typeset critical editions

eplain – Extended plain TeX macros

jadetex – Macros supporting Jade DSSSL output

lambda – LaTeX format based on the Omega engine.

lollipop – TeX made easy

mltex – The MLTeX system

mxedruli – A pair of fonts for different Georgian alphabets

omega – A wide-character-set extension of TeX

omegaware – A wide-character-set extension of TeX

otibet – support for Tibetan using Omega

passivetex – Support package for XML/SGML typesetting

psizzl – A TeX format for physics papers

startex – An XML-inspired format for student use

texsis – Plain TeX macros for Physicists

xmltex – Support for parsing XML documents

xmltexconfig – configuration files for xmltex and pdfxmltex

There are three methods to install texlive-formats-extra on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install texlive-formats-extra Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install texlive-formats-extra

Install texlive-formats-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install texlive-formats-extra using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install texlive-formats-extra

Install texlive-formats-extra Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install texlive-formats-extra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install texlive-formats-extra

How To Uninstall texlive-formats-extra on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the texlive-formats-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove texlive-formats-extra

Uninstall texlive-formats-extra And Its Dependencies

To uninstall texlive-formats-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-formats-extra

Remove texlive-formats-extra Configurations and Data

To remove texlive-formats-extra configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-formats-extra

Remove texlive-formats-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove texlive-formats-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-formats-extra

Dependencies

texlive-formats-extra have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-formats-extra package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.