How To Install texify on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texify on Kali Linux.

What is texify

texify is:

Texify is a perl script that translates source code written in any of several different languages to LaTeX source files. The purpose is to make source code embedded in documents more readable, by performing syntax highlighting.

The supported languages are ABEL, Ada, Assembly, B, BETA, Bison, C, C++, OMG/CORBA IDL, Java, Lex, Lisp, LOGLA, MATLAB, ML, Perl, Promela, Python, Scheme, SIMULA, SQL, Ruby and VHDL.

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

Install texify Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install texify

Install texify Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install texify

Install texify Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install texify

How To Uninstall texify on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove texify

Uninstall texify And Its Dependencies

To uninstall texify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove texify

Remove texify Configurations and Data

To remove texify configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge texify

Remove texify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texify

Dependencies

texify have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• texify website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texify package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.