How To Install lyx-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lyx-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 lyx-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lyx-common
How To Uninstall lyx-common on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lyx-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.