How To Install glosstex on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glosstex
on Debian 10.
What is glosstex
glosstex is:
GlossTeX is a tool for the automatic preparation of glossaries, lists of acronyms and sorted lists in general for use with LaTeX and MakeIndex. GlossTeX combines the functionality of acronym, nomencl and GloTeX. Like GloTeX, it uses the same format glossary definition files. GlossTeX can be used together with nomencl, nevertheless.
There are three methods to install glosstex
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 glosstex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glosstex
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glosstex
Install glosstex Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glosstex
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glosstex
Install glosstex 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 glosstex
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glosstex
How To Uninstall glosstex on Debian 10
To uninstall only the glosstex
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glosstex
Uninstall glosstex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glosstex
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glosstex
Remove glosstex Configurations and Data
To remove glosstex
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glosstex
Remove glosstex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glosstex
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glosstex
Dependencies
glosstex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glosstex
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.