How To Install lacheck on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lacheck on Debian 11.
What is lacheck
lacheck is:
LaCheck is a simple syntax checker for LaTex that is based on a single-pass lexical scanner. This makes clear that there are a lot of LaTeX problems this program cannot find, although it will find most simple mistakes. Complex macro packages may, however, make it completely unusable.
This program was bundled with AUCTeX once upon a time and is best known from there.
There are three methods to install lacheck on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lacheck Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lacheck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lacheck
Install lacheck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lacheck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lacheck
Install lacheck 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 lacheck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lacheck
How To Uninstall lacheck on Debian 11
To uninstall only the lacheck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lacheck
Uninstall lacheck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lacheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lacheck
Remove lacheck Configurations and Data
To remove lacheck configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lacheck
Remove lacheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lacheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lacheck
Dependencies
lacheck have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lacheck package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.