How To Install lyx-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lyx-common on Kali Linux. lyx-common is architecture-independent files for LyX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lyx-common on Kali Linux.

What is lyx-common

lyx-common is:

This package contains LyX’s common files which are not architecture-dependent. See the lyx package for a description of LyX itself.

There are three methods to install lyx-common 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 lyx-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 lyx-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lyx-common

Install lyx-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lyx-common

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

sudo aptitude -y install lyx-common

How To Uninstall lyx-common on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lyx-common

Uninstall lyx-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lyx-common

Remove lyx-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lyx-common

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

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

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

Dependencies

lyx-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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