How To Install lgrind on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lgrind
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lgrind
lgrind is:
LGrind is a pretty printer for a large number of programming languages using LaTeX. It is in the form of a separate preprocessor.
The licence is non-free, as it contains a no-sale clause. You might consider using the listings package instead, which is free; it also claims to be able to read the language definitions of LGrind. LGrind’s output tends to be prettier, though, especially if you prefer non-monospaced fonts.
There are three methods to install lgrind
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 lgrind Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lgrind
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lgrind
Install lgrind Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lgrind
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lgrind
Install lgrind 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 lgrind
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lgrind
How To Uninstall lgrind on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lgrind
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lgrind
Uninstall lgrind And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lgrind
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lgrind
Remove lgrind Configurations and Data
To remove lgrind
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lgrind
Remove lgrind configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lgrind
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lgrind
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lgrind
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.