How To Install gnuhtml2latex on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuhtml2latex on Kali Linux.

What is gnuhtml2latex

gnuhtml2latex is:

gnuhtml2latex is a Perl script that converts HTML files to LaTeX files. It takes list of .html files as arguments and make .tex ones. Can also convert html stdin to latex stdout.

There are three methods to install gnuhtml2latex 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 gnuhtml2latex Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnuhtml2latex using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnuhtml2latex

Install gnuhtml2latex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnuhtml2latex using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnuhtml2latex

Install gnuhtml2latex 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 gnuhtml2latex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnuhtml2latex

How To Uninstall gnuhtml2latex on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnuhtml2latex package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnuhtml2latex

Uninstall gnuhtml2latex And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnuhtml2latex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnuhtml2latex

Remove gnuhtml2latex Configurations and Data

To remove gnuhtml2latex configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnuhtml2latex

Remove gnuhtml2latex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnuhtml2latex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnuhtml2latex

Dependencies

gnuhtml2latex have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libhtml-parser-perl

References

• gnuhtml2latex website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuhtml2latex package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.