How To Install latex-cjk-chinese on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install latex-cjk-chinese on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is latex-cjk-chinese
latex-cjk-chinese is:
CJK is a macro package for LaTeX. This package gives you the possibility to include Chinese (traditional and simplified) text in your (La)TeX documents.
Install hbf-jfs56 if you want to use bitmap fonts in simplified Chinese. Install hbf-cns40-b5 if you want bitmap fonts in traditional Chinese. Install hbf-cns40-[1-7] if you want CEF bitmap fonts. This is only needed if you need extremely rare and exotic Chinese characters.
Have a look at latex-cjk-common for a more detailed description.
There are three methods to install latex-cjk-chinese 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 latex-cjk-chinese Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install latex-cjk-chinese using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install latex-cjk-chinese
Install latex-cjk-chinese Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install latex-cjk-chinese using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install latex-cjk-chinese
Install latex-cjk-chinese 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 latex-cjk-chinese using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install latex-cjk-chinese
How To Uninstall latex-cjk-chinese on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the latex-cjk-chinese package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove latex-cjk-chinese
Uninstall latex-cjk-chinese And Its Dependencies
To uninstall latex-cjk-chinese and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove latex-cjk-chinese
Remove latex-cjk-chinese Configurations and Data
To remove latex-cjk-chinese configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge latex-cjk-chinese
Remove latex-cjk-chinese configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove latex-cjk-chinese configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge latex-cjk-chinese
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install latex-cjk-chinese package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
