How To Install hyphen-show on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyphen-show on Kali Linux.

What is hyphen-show

hyphen-show is:

hyphen_show scans a DVI-file, tries to find all hyphenations and writes them to stdout. It is useful to check whether TeX’s hyphenation algorithm really did the good job it is supposed to do.

There are three methods to install hyphen-show 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 hyphen-show Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hyphen-show

Install hyphen-show Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hyphen-show

Install hyphen-show 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 hyphen-show using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hyphen-show

How To Uninstall hyphen-show on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hyphen-show package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hyphen-show

Uninstall hyphen-show And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hyphen-show

Remove hyphen-show Configurations and Data

To remove hyphen-show configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hyphen-show

Remove hyphen-show configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hyphen-show

Dependencies

hyphen-show have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• hyphen-show website

Summary

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