How To Install sagetex on Debian 10

Learn how to install sagetex on Debian 10 with this tutorial. sagetex is Embed Sage code and plots into LaTeX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sagetex on Debian 10.

What is `sagetex`

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 LaTeX package.

There are three methods to install sagetex on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install 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 sagetex using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sagetex

Install sagetex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sagetex using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sagetex

Install 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install sagetex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sagetex

How To Uninstall sagetex on Debian 10

To uninstall only the sagetex package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sagetex

Uninstall sagetex And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sagetex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sagetex

Remove sagetex Configurations and Data

To remove sagetex configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sagetex

Remove sagetex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sagetex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sagetex

Dependencies

sagetex have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sagetex package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.