How To Install texmaker on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install texmaker on Kali Linux. texmaker is cross-platform LaTeX editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texmaker on Kali Linux.

What is texmaker

texmaker is:

Texmaker is a clean, highly configurable LaTeX editor with good hot key support and extensive LaTeX documentation. Texmaker integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX, in just one application. It has some nice features such as syntax highlighting, insertion of 370 mathematical symbols with only one click, and “structure view” of the document for easier navigation.

There are three methods to install texmaker 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 texmaker Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install texmaker

Install texmaker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install texmaker

Install texmaker 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 texmaker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install texmaker

How To Uninstall texmaker on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove texmaker

Uninstall texmaker And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove texmaker

Remove texmaker Configurations and Data

To remove texmaker configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge texmaker

Remove texmaker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texmaker

Dependencies

texmaker have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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