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:
References
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.