How To Install latex2rtf-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install latex2rtf-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is latex2rtf-doc
latex2rtf-doc is:
Attempts to convert as much formatting information as possible from LaTeX to Microsoft’s Rich Text Format (RTF). While RTF has limited support for mathematical markup, it is widely supported as a “least common denominator” word processing format.
This package includes the documentation for LaTeX2RTF in HTML, Info and PDF formats.
There are three methods to install latex2rtf-doc 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 latex2rtf-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install latex2rtf-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install latex2rtf-doc
Install latex2rtf-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install latex2rtf-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install latex2rtf-doc
Install latex2rtf-doc 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 latex2rtf-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install latex2rtf-doc
How To Uninstall latex2rtf-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the latex2rtf-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove latex2rtf-doc
Uninstall latex2rtf-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall latex2rtf-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove latex2rtf-doc
Remove latex2rtf-doc Configurations and Data
To remove latex2rtf-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge latex2rtf-doc
Remove latex2rtf-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove latex2rtf-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge latex2rtf-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install latex2rtf-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
