How To Install glosstex on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install glosstex on Kali Linux. glosstex is prepare glossaries and lists of acronyms

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glosstex on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glosstex

Remove glosstex Configurations and Data

To remove glosstex configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.