How To Install tomboy-latex on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomboy-latex on Debian 9. tomboy-latex is LaTeX plugin for Tomboy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomboy-latex on Debian 9.

What is tomboy-latex

tomboy-latex is:

Tomboy-LaTeX is a plugin for the desktop note-taking application Tomboy.

It automatically converts LaTeX math code enclosed in […] into inline images. Clicking on the image or moving the cursor over the image reveals the markup again.

There are three methods to install tomboy-latex 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 tomboy-latex Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tomboy-latex

Install tomboy-latex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tomboy-latex

Install tomboy-latex 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 tomboy-latex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tomboy-latex

How To Uninstall tomboy-latex on Debian 9

To uninstall only the tomboy-latex package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tomboy-latex

Uninstall tomboy-latex And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tomboy-latex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tomboy-latex

Remove tomboy-latex Configurations and Data

To remove tomboy-latex configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tomboy-latex

Remove tomboy-latex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tomboy-latex

Dependencies

tomboy-latex have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomboy-latex package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.