How To Install tcode on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcode on Debian 9.
What is tcode
tcode is:
Tcode is a precondition for libssj-java (SSJ) that creates a Java file from an associated LaTeX file. All SSJ code is written in LaTex format with special commands that allows Tcode to extract the Java code from the LaTex file. After which, Javadoc and LaTeX2HTML will create the HTML documentation. This guarantees that the source code and its documentation will never diverge.
There are three methods to install tcode 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 tcode Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tcode using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcode
Install tcode Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcode using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcode
Install tcode 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 tcode using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcode
How To Uninstall tcode on Debian 9
To uninstall only the tcode package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcode
Uninstall tcode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcode
Remove tcode Configurations and Data
To remove tcode configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcode
Remove tcode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcode
Dependencies
tcode have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcode package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.