How To Install lyx-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lyx-common
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lyx-common
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.