How To Install texworks-scripting-python on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install texworks-scripting-python on Kali Linux. texworks-scripting-python is Plugin to bring Python scripting to TeXworks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texworks-scripting-python on Kali Linux.

What is texworks-scripting-python

texworks-scripting-python is:

An environment for authoring TeX (LaTeX, ConTeXt, etc) documents, with a Unicode-based, TeX-aware editor, integrated PDF viewer, and a clean, simple interface accessible to casual and non-technical users.

This package contains a Python scripting plugin for TeXworks.

There are three methods to install texworks-scripting-python 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 texworks-scripting-python Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install texworks-scripting-python

Install texworks-scripting-python Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install texworks-scripting-python using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install texworks-scripting-python

Install texworks-scripting-python 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 texworks-scripting-python using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install texworks-scripting-python

How To Uninstall texworks-scripting-python on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the texworks-scripting-python package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove texworks-scripting-python

Uninstall texworks-scripting-python And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove texworks-scripting-python

Remove texworks-scripting-python Configurations and Data

To remove texworks-scripting-python configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge texworks-scripting-python

Remove texworks-scripting-python configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove texworks-scripting-python configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texworks-scripting-python

Dependencies

texworks-scripting-python have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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