How To Install texlive-lang-indic on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lang-indic on Debian 9.
What is texlive-lang-indic
texlive-lang-indic is:
Support for Indic scripts.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
bangtex – Writing Bangla and Assamese with LaTeX
latexbangla – Enhanced LaTeX integration for Bangla
bengali – Support for the Bengali language
burmese – Basic Support for Writing Burmese
ebong – Utility for writing Bengali in Rapid Roman Format
hyphen-indic – Indic hyphenation patterns.
hyphen-sanskrit – Sanskrit hyphenation patterns.
sanskrit – Sanskrit support
sanskrit-t1 – Type 1 version of ‘skt’ fonts for Sanskrit
velthuis – Typeset Devanagari
wnri – Ridgeway’s fonts
wnri-latex – LaTeX support for wnri fonts
xetex-devanagari – XeTeX input map for Unicode Devanagari
There are three methods to install texlive-lang-indic on Debian 9. 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-lang-indic 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-lang-indic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texlive-lang-indic
Install texlive-lang-indic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-lang-indic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texlive-lang-indic
Install texlive-lang-indic 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 texlive-lang-indic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texlive-lang-indic
How To Uninstall texlive-lang-indic on Debian 9
To uninstall only the texlive-lang-indic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-lang-indic
Uninstall texlive-lang-indic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texlive-lang-indic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-lang-indic
Remove texlive-lang-indic Configurations and Data
To remove texlive-lang-indic configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-lang-indic
Remove texlive-lang-indic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texlive-lang-indic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-lang-indic
Dependencies
texlive-lang-indic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lang-indic package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
