How To Install libreoffice-texmaths on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-texmaths on Kali Linux.

What is libreoffice-texmaths

libreoffice-texmaths is:

TexMaths generates SVG or PNG images from LaTeX equations, inserts them into the document, and the LaTeX source is stored alongside the image in the ODT format. TexMaths can be used to edit the source and regenerate the image, or one can unzip the ODT and extract the LaTeX source from the content.xml.

There are three methods to install libreoffice-texmaths on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libreoffice-texmaths Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-texmaths using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-texmaths

Install libreoffice-texmaths Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-texmaths using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libreoffice-texmaths

Install libreoffice-texmaths Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-texmaths using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-texmaths

How To Uninstall libreoffice-texmaths on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libreoffice-texmaths package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-texmaths

Uninstall libreoffice-texmaths And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libreoffice-texmaths and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-texmaths

Remove libreoffice-texmaths Configurations and Data

To remove libreoffice-texmaths configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-texmaths

Remove libreoffice-texmaths configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-texmaths configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-texmaths

Dependencies

libreoffice-texmaths have the following dependencies:

• libreoffice-draw
• texlive

References

• libreoffice-texmaths website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-texmaths package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.