How To Install texlive-binaries on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-binaries on Kali Linux.
What is texlive-binaries
texlive-binaries is:
This package contains all the binaries of TeX Live packages.
Note that this package alone has hardly any functionality. Rather, choose the texlive-* packages you want to use, e.g. texlive-latex-recommended or context
There are three methods to install texlive-binaries 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 texlive-binaries Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install texlive-binaries using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texlive-binariesInstall texlive-binaries Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install texlive-binaries using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texlive-binariesInstall texlive-binaries 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install texlive-binaries using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texlive-binariesHow To Uninstall texlive-binaries on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the texlive-binaries package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-binariesUninstall texlive-binaries And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texlive-binaries and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-binariesRemove texlive-binaries Configurations and Data
To remove texlive-binaries configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-binariesRemove texlive-binaries configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texlive-binaries configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-binariesDependencies
texlive-binaries have the following dependencies:
- libptexenc1
- libptexenc1
- libkpathsea6
- libkpathsea6
- libsynctex2
- libsynctex2
- libtexlua53
- libtexlua53
- libtexluajit2
- libtexluajit2
- t1utils
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgcc-s1
- libgraphite2-3
- libharfbuzz0b
- libicu67
- libmpfr6
- libpaper1
- libpixman-1-0
- libpng16-16
- libstdc++6
- libteckit0
- libx11-6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-binaries package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.