How To Install lacheck on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install lacheck on Debian 11. lacheck is Simple syntax checker for LaTeX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lacheck on Debian 11.

What is lacheck

lacheck is:

LaCheck is a simple syntax checker for LaTex that is based on a single-pass lexical scanner. This makes clear that there are a lot of LaTeX problems this program cannot find, although it will find most simple mistakes. Complex macro packages may, however, make it completely unusable.

This program was bundled with AUCTeX once upon a time and is best known from there.

There are three methods to install lacheck on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lacheck Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lacheck

Install lacheck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lacheck

Install lacheck 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 lacheck using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lacheck

How To Uninstall lacheck on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove lacheck

Uninstall lacheck And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lacheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lacheck

Remove lacheck Configurations and Data

To remove lacheck configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lacheck

Remove lacheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lacheck

Dependencies

lacheck have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lacheck package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.