How To Install science-typesetting on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install science-typesetting on Debian 9.

What is science-typesetting

science-typesetting is:

This metapackage will install Debian Science packages related to typesetting. You might also be interested in the use::typesetting debtag.

There are three methods to install science-typesetting on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install science-typesetting Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install science-typesetting using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install science-typesetting

Install science-typesetting Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install science-typesetting using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install science-typesetting

Install science-typesetting 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 science-typesetting using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install science-typesetting

How To Uninstall science-typesetting on Debian 9

To uninstall only the science-typesetting package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove science-typesetting

Uninstall science-typesetting And Its Dependencies

To uninstall science-typesetting and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-typesetting

Remove science-typesetting Configurations and Data

To remove science-typesetting configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge science-typesetting

Remove science-typesetting configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-typesetting

Dependencies

science-typesetting have the following dependencies:

• science-tasks
• science-config

References

• science-typesetting website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install science-typesetting package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.