How To Install python-sagetex on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sagetex on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-sagetex
python-sagetex is:
The SageTeX LaTeX package allows you to embed code, results of computations, and plots from the SageMath mathematics software suite into LaTeX documents. SageMath is an open-source Computer Algebra System (CAS).
This package provides the Python material that interact with SageMath.
There are three methods to install python-sagetex 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-sagetex 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-sagetex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-sagetex
Install python-sagetex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-sagetex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-sagetex
Install python-sagetex 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-sagetex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-sagetex
How To Uninstall python-sagetex on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-sagetex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-sagetex
Uninstall python-sagetex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-sagetex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sagetex
Remove python-sagetex Configurations and Data
To remove python-sagetex configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-sagetex
Remove python-sagetex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-sagetex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sagetex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sagetex package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
