How To Install latex2html on Debian 10

Learn how to install latex2html on Debian 10 with this tutorial. latex2html is LaTeX to HTML translator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install latex2html on Debian 10.

What is latex2html

latex2html is:

LaTeX2HTML is a conversion tool that converts documents written in LaTeX to HTML format. In addition, it offers an easy migration path towards authoring complex hypermedia documents using familiar word-processing concepts.

LaTeX2HTML replicates the basic structure of a LaTeX document as a set of interconnected HTML files which can be explored using automatically generated navigation panels. The cross-references, citations, footnotes, the table of contents and the lists of figures and tables, are also translated into hypertext links. Formatting information which has equivalent ``tags’’ in HTML (lists, quotes, paragraph breaks, type styles, etc.) is also converted appropriately. The remaining heavily formatted items such as mathematical equations, pictures or tables are converted to images which are placed automatically at the correct positions in the final HTML document.

LaTeX2HTML extends LaTeX by supporting arbitrary hypertext links and symbolic cross-references between evolving remote documents. It also allows the specification of conditional text and the inclusion of raw HTML commands. These hypermedia extensions to LaTeX are available as new commands and environments from within a LaTeX document.

Pstoimg, the part of latex2html that produces bitmap images from the LaTeX source, can support both GIF and PNG format.

There are three methods to install latex2html 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 latex2html Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install latex2html using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install latex2html

Install latex2html Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install latex2html using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install latex2html

Install latex2html 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 latex2html using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install latex2html

How To Uninstall latex2html on Debian 10

To uninstall only the latex2html package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove latex2html

Uninstall latex2html And Its Dependencies

To uninstall latex2html and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove latex2html

Remove latex2html Configurations and Data

To remove latex2html configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge latex2html

Remove latex2html configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove latex2html configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge latex2html

Dependencies

latex2html have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install latex2html package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.