How To Install hyphen-show on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hyphen-show on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hyphen-show package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
