How To Install texlive-extra-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-extra-utils on Debian 12.
What is texlive-extra-utils
texlive-extra-utils is:
Myriad additional TeX-related support programs. Includes programs and macros for DVI file manipulation, literate programming, patgen, and plenty more.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
a2ping – Advanced PS, PDF, EPS converter
adhocfilelist – ‘\listfiles’ entries from the command line
arara – Automation of LaTeX compilation
bibtex8 – BibTeX variant supporting 8-bit encodings
bibtexu – BibTeX variant supporting Unicode (UTF-8), via ICU
bundledoc – Bundle together all the files needed to build a LaTeX document
checklistings – Pass verbatim contents through a compiler and reincorporate the resulting output
chklref – Check for problems with labels in LaTeX
clojure-pamphlet – A simple literate programming tool based on clojure’s pamphlet system
cluttex – An automation tool for running LaTeX
ctan-o-mat – Upload or validate a package for CTAN
ctan_chk – CTAN guidelines verifier and corrector for uploading projects
ctanbib – Export CTAN entries to bib format
ctanify – Prepare a package for upload to CTAN
ctanupload – Support for users uploading to CTAN
ctie – C version of tie (merging Web change files)
cweb – CWEB for ANSI-C/C++ compilers
de-macro – Expand private macros in a document
detex – Strip TeX from a source file
digestif – Editor plugin for LaTeX, ConTeXt etc.
dtl – Tools to dis-assemble and re-assemble DVI files
dtxgen – Creates a template for a self-extracting .dtx file
dvi2tty – Produce ASCII from DVI
dviasm – A utility for editing DVI files
dvicopy – Copy DVI files, flattening VFs
dviinfox – Perl script to print DVI meta information
dviljk – DVI to Laserjet output
dviout-util –
dvipos – support DVI pos: specials used by ConTeXt DVI output
dvisvgm – Convert DVI, EPS, and PDF files to Scalable Vector Graphics format (SVG)
findhyph – Find hyphenated words in a document
git-latexdiff – Call latexdiff on two Git revisions of a file
gsftopk – Convert “Ghostscript fonts” to PK files
hook-pre-commit-pkg – Pre-commit git hook for LaTeX package developpers
installfont – A bash script for installing a LaTeX font family
ketcindy – macros for graphic generation and Cinderella plugin
latex-git-log – Typeset git log information
latex-papersize – Calculate LaTeX settings for any font and paper size
latex2man – Translate LaTeX-based manual pages into Unix man format
latex2nemeth – Convert LaTeX source to Braille with math in Nemeth
latexfileversion – Prints the version and date of a LaTeX class or style file
latexindent – Indent a LaTeX document, highlighting the programming structure
latexpand – Expand \input and \include in a LaTeX document
light-latex-make – llmk: A build tool for LaTeX documents
listings-ext – Automated input of source
ltxfileinfo – Print version information for a LaTeX file
ltximg – Extract LaTeX environments into separate image files
luajittex – LuaTeX with just-in-time (jit) compiler, with and without HarfBuzz
make4ht – A build system for tex4ht
match_parens – Find mismatches of parentheses, braces, (angle) brackets, in texts
mflua – configuration and base files for MFLua
mkjobtexmf – Generate a texmf tree for a particular job
optexcount – Python script for counting words in OpTeX documents
patgen – Generate hyphenation patterns
pdfbook2 – Create booklets from PDF files
pdfcrop – Crop PDF graphics
pdfjam – Shell scripts interfacing to pdfpages
pdflatexpicscale – Support software for downscaling graphics to be included by pdfLaTeX
pdftex-quiet – A bash wrapper for pdfTeX limiting its output to relevant errors
pdftosrc – Extract source file or stream from PDF file
pdfxup – Create n-up PDF pages with minimal margins
pfarrei – LaTeX support of pastors’ and priests’ work
pkfix – Replace pk fonts in PostScript with Type 1 fonts
pkfix-helper – Make PostScript files accessible to pkfix
pythontex – Run Python from within a document, typesetting the results
seetexk – Utilities for manipulating DVI files
spix – Yet another TeX compilation tool: simple, human readable, no option, no magic
srcredact – A tool for redacting sources
sty2dtx – Create a .dtx file from a .sty file
synctex – engine-level feature synchronizing output and source
tex4ebook – Converter from LaTeX to ebook formats
texaccents – Convert composite accented characters to Unicode
texcount – Count words in a LaTeX document
texdef – Display the definitions of TeX commands
texdiff – Compare documents and produce tagged merge
texdirflatten – Collect files related to a LaTeX job in a single directory
texfot – Filter clutter from the output of a TeX run
texlive-scripts-extra – TeX Live scripts
texliveonfly – On-the-fly download of missing TeX live packages
texloganalyser – Analyse TeX logs
texlogfilter – Filter LaTeX engines output or log file
texlogsieve – Filter and summarize LaTeX log files
texosquery – Cross-platform Java application to query OS information
texplate – A tool for creating document structures based on templates
texware – Utility programs for use with TeX
tie – Allow multiple web change files
tpic2pdftex – Use tpic commands in pdfTeX
typeoutfileinfo – Display class/package/file information
web – The original literate programming system
xindex – Unicode compatible index generation
xpdfopen – Commands to control PDF readers, under X11
There are three methods to install texlive-extra-utils on Debian 12. 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-extra-utils 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-extra-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texlive-extra-utils
Install texlive-extra-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-extra-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texlive-extra-utils
Install texlive-extra-utils 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-extra-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texlive-extra-utils
How To Uninstall texlive-extra-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the texlive-extra-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-extra-utils
Uninstall texlive-extra-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texlive-extra-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-extra-utils
Remove texlive-extra-utils Configurations and Data
To remove texlive-extra-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-extra-utils
Remove texlive-extra-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texlive-extra-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-extra-utils
Dependencies
texlive-extra-utils have the following dependencies:
- tex-common
- libunicode-linebreak-perl
- python3
- texlive-base
- texlive-binaries
- texlive-latex-base
- texlive-luatex
- texlive-plain-generic
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-extra-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.