How To Install latex-cjk-japanese on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install latex-cjk-japanese on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is latex-cjk-japanese
latex-cjk-japanese is:
CJK is a macro package for LaTeX. This package gives you the possibility to include Japanese text in your (La)TeX documents. Install latex-cjk-japanese-wadalab for pretty printing.
Install hbf-kanji48 if you want to use bitmap fonts in your documents.
Have a look at latex-cjk-common for a more detailed description.
There are three methods to install latex-cjk-japanese 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-japanese 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-japanese using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install latex-cjk-japanese
Install latex-cjk-japanese Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install latex-cjk-japanese using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install latex-cjk-japanese
Install latex-cjk-japanese 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-japanese using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install latex-cjk-japanese
How To Uninstall latex-cjk-japanese on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the latex-cjk-japanese package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove latex-cjk-japanese
Uninstall latex-cjk-japanese And Its Dependencies
To uninstall latex-cjk-japanese 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-japanese
Remove latex-cjk-japanese Configurations and Data
To remove latex-cjk-japanese configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge latex-cjk-japanese
Remove latex-cjk-japanese configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove latex-cjk-japanese configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge latex-cjk-japanese
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install latex-cjk-japanese package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
