How To Install lintex on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lintex
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lintex
lintex is:
Removes unneeded files after a (La)TeX run: .aux, .log, .dvi, etc, if their timestamp is more recent than the TeX file’s. Also removes the backup files created by your text editor. This keeps a directory containing multiple (La)TeX documents from becoming unmanageable.
There are three methods to install lintex
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lintex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lintex
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lintex
Install lintex Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lintex
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lintex
Install lintex 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 lintex
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lintex
How To Uninstall lintex on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lintex
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lintex
Uninstall lintex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lintex
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lintex
Remove lintex Configurations and Data
To remove lintex
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lintex
Remove lintex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lintex
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lintex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lintex
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.