How To Install wp2latex on Debian 12

Learn how to install wp2latex on Debian 12 with this tutorial. wp2latex is Conversion of WordPerfect documents to LaTeX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wp2latex on Debian 12.

What is wp2latex

wp2latex is:

WP2LaTeX is a program for conversion WordPerfect documents to LaTeX. All known WP fileformats are supported: MAC WP1.x, WP2,3,4.x, PC WP WP3.x, WP4.x, WP5.x and WP6,7,8,9,10.x. It is possible to convert a lot of features. For example: Centered+Right+Left text, Endnotes, Formulas, Footers, Footnotes, Headers, Indentings, Tables, a lot of Extended characters (Greek, math, cyrilic) and of course a normal text.

This is the pure wp2latex converter to convert WPerfect files.

There are three methods to install wp2latex on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wp2latex Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wp2latex using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wp2latex

Install wp2latex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wp2latex using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wp2latex

Install wp2latex 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 wp2latex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wp2latex

How To Uninstall wp2latex on Debian 12

To uninstall only the wp2latex package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wp2latex

Uninstall wp2latex And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wp2latex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wp2latex

Remove wp2latex Configurations and Data

To remove wp2latex configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wp2latex

Remove wp2latex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wp2latex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wp2latex

Dependencies

wp2latex have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wp2latex package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.