How To Install nbibtex on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbibtex on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nbibtex
nbibtex is:
Tools to help authors take better advantage of BibTeX data, especially when working in collaboration. Instead of using BibTeX ‘keys’, which are chosen arbitrarily and idiosyncratically, nbibtex builds a bibliography by searching the actual contents of citations. It can be used as a drop-in, compatible replacement for bibtex.
There are three methods to install nbibtex 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 nbibtex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nbibtex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nbibtex
Install nbibtex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nbibtex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nbibtex
Install nbibtex 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 nbibtex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nbibtex
How To Uninstall nbibtex on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nbibtex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nbibtex
Uninstall nbibtex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nbibtex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nbibtex
Remove nbibtex Configurations and Data
To remove nbibtex configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nbibtex
Remove nbibtex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nbibtex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nbibtex
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbibtex package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
