How To Install maple-latex on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maple-latex on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is maple-latex
maple-latex is:
Maple is a commercial Computer Algebra System (CAS) manufactured by the Canadian software company MapleSoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc..
This package provides as is the LaTeX packages, environments and macros used in the “Maple to LaTeX” documents produced by Maple as documented into the Maple online help system.
There are three methods to install maple-latex 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 maple-latex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maple-latex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maple-latex
Install maple-latex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maple-latex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maple-latex
Install maple-latex 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 maple-latex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maple-latex
How To Uninstall maple-latex on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the maple-latex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maple-latex
Uninstall maple-latex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maple-latex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maple-latex
Remove maple-latex Configurations and Data
To remove maple-latex configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maple-latex
Remove maple-latex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maple-latex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maple-latex
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maple-latex package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
