How To Install lout-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lout-common on Ubuntu 18.04. lout-common is Common files for the Lout typesetting system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lout-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is lout-common

lout-common is:

This package contains architecture-independent data files needed by the “lout” package.

There are three methods to install lout-common 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 lout-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lout-common

Install lout-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lout-common

Install lout-common 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 lout-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lout-common

How To Uninstall lout-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the lout-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lout-common

Uninstall lout-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lout-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lout-common

Remove lout-common Configurations and Data

To remove lout-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lout-common

Remove lout-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lout-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lout-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.