How To Install python-plastex-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-plastex-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. python-plastex-doc is LaTeX document processing framework in Python - documentation files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-plastex-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-plastex-doc

python-plastex-doc is:

plasTeX is a collection of Python frameworks that allow you to process LaTeX documents. This processing includes, but is not limited to, conversion of LaTeX documents to various document formats. Of course, it is capable of converting to HTML or XML formats such as DocBook and tBook, but it is an open framework that allows you to drive any type of rendering. This means that it could be used to drive a COM object that creates a MS Word Document.

The plasTeX framework allows you to control all of the processes including tokenizing, object creation, and rendering through API calls. You also have access to all of the internals such as counters, the states of “if” commands, locally and globally defined macros, labels and references, etc. In essence, it is a LaTeX document processor that gives you the advantages of an XML document in the context of a language as superb as Python.

This packages provides the documentation files for python-plastex.

There are three methods to install python-plastex-doc 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 python-plastex-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-plastex-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-plastex-doc

Install python-plastex-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-plastex-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-plastex-doc

Install python-plastex-doc 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 python-plastex-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-plastex-doc

How To Uninstall python-plastex-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-plastex-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-plastex-doc

Uninstall python-plastex-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-plastex-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-plastex-doc

Remove python-plastex-doc Configurations and Data

To remove python-plastex-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-plastex-doc

Remove python-plastex-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-plastex-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-plastex-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-plastex-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.