How To Install texlive-base on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-base on Debian 10.
What is texlive-base
texlive-base is:
These files are regarded as basic for any TeX system, covering plain TeX macros, Computer Modern fonts, and configuration for common drivers; no LaTeX.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
texlive.infra – basic TeX Live infrastructure
amsfonts – TeX fonts from the American Mathematical Society
bibtex – Process bibliographies for LaTeX, etc
cm – Computer Modern fonts
colorprofiles – Collection of free ICC profiles
dvipdfmx – An extended version of dvipdfm
dvips – A DVI to PostScript driver
enctex – A TeX extension that translates input on its way into TeX
etex – An extended version of TeX, from the NTS project
etex-pkg – E-TeX support package
glyphlist – Adobe Glyph List and TeX extensions
graphics-def – Colour and graphics option files
gsftopk – Convert “Ghostscript fonts” to PK files
hyph-utf8 – Hyphenation patterns expressed in UTF-8
hyphen-base – core hyphenation support files
ifluatex – Provides the \ifluatex switch
ifxetex – Am I running under XeTeX?
knuth-lib – A small library of Metafont sources
knuth-local – Knuth’s local information
kpathsea – Path searching library for TeX-related files
lua-alt-getopt – Process application arguments the same way as getopt_long
luatex – The LuaTeX engine
makeindex – Makeindex development sources
metafont – A system for specifying fonts
mflogo – LaTeX support for Metafont logo fonts
mfware – Supporting tools for use with Metafont
pdftex – A TeX extension for direct creation of PDF
plain – The Plain TeX format
tetex – scripts and files originally from teTeX
tex – A sophisticated typesetting engine
tex-ini-files – Model TeX format creation files
texlive-common – TeX Live documentation (common elements)
texlive-docindex – top-level TeX Live doc.html, etc.
texlive-en – TeX Live manual (English)
unicode-data – Unicode data and loaders for TeX
updmap-map – auto-generated font map files
xdvi – A DVI previewer for the X Window System
texdoc – Documentation access for TeX Live
texdoctk – Easy access to package documentation
There are three methods to install texlive-base 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 texlive-base Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texlive-base
Install texlive-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texlive-base
Install texlive-base 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 texlive-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texlive-base
How To Uninstall texlive-base on Debian 10
To uninstall only the texlive-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-base
Uninstall texlive-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texlive-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-base
Remove texlive-base Configurations and Data
To remove texlive-base configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-base
Remove texlive-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texlive-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-base
Dependencies
texlive-base have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-base package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.