How To Install fragmaster on Debian 10

Learn how to install fragmaster on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fragmaster is use of psfrag constructs with pdflatex

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fragmaster on Debian 10.

What is `fragmaster`

fragmaster is:

psfrag is a LaTeX package which allows one to replace text elements in included EPS graphics by arbitrary LaTeX output. Because psfrag uses Postscript for making the replacements, in principle you can’t use psfrag with pdflatex which doesn’t have any interfaces to postscript.

This package contains the Perl script fragmaster that produces a new EPS from your original EPS which already contains all those psfrag replacements. This new EPS graphic actually can be converted to PDF including all replacements. The resulting “encapsulated” PDF then can be used with pdflatex.

There are three methods to install fragmaster on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fragmaster Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fragmaster

Install fragmaster Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fragmaster

Install fragmaster 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 fragmaster using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fragmaster

How To Uninstall fragmaster on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove fragmaster

Uninstall fragmaster And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fragmaster and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fragmaster

Remove fragmaster Configurations and Data

To remove fragmaster configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fragmaster

Remove fragmaster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fragmaster

Dependencies

fragmaster have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fragmaster package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.