How To Install python-plastex on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-plastex on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-plastex
python-plastex 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.
There are three methods to install python-plastex 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-plastex
Install python-plastex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-plastex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-plastex
Install python-plastex 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-plastex
How To Uninstall python-plastex on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-plastex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-plastex
Uninstall python-plastex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-plastex 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
Remove python-plastex Configurations and Data
To remove python-plastex configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-plastex
Remove python-plastex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-plastex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-plastex
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-plastex package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
