How To Install texlive-formats-extra on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-formats-extra on Debian 12.
What is texlive-formats-extra
texlive-formats-extra is:
Collected TeX `formats’, i.e., large-scale macro packages designed to be dumped into .fmt files – excluding the most common ones, such as latex and context, which have their own package(s). It also includes the Aleph engine and related Omega formats and packages, and the HiTeX engine and related.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
aleph – Extended TeX
antomega – Alternative language support for Omega/Lambda
edmac – Typeset critical editions
eplain – Extended plain TeX macros
hitex – A TeX extension writing HINT output for on-screen reading
jadetex – Macros supporting Jade DSSSL output
lambda – LaTeX format based on the Omega engine.
lollipop – TeX made easy
mltex – The MLTeX system
mxedruli – A pair of fonts for different Georgian alphabets
omega – A wide-character-set extension of TeX
omegaware – A wide-character-set extension of TeX
otibet – support for Tibetan using Omega
passivetex – Support package for XML/SGML typesetting
psizzl – A TeX format for physics papers
startex – An XML-inspired format for student use
texsis – Plain TeX macros for Physicists
xmltex – Support for parsing XML documents
xmltexconfig – configuration files for xmltex and pdfxmltex
There are three methods to install texlive-formats-extra 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-formats-extra 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-formats-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texlive-formats-extra
Install texlive-formats-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-formats-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texlive-formats-extra
Install texlive-formats-extra 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-formats-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texlive-formats-extra
How To Uninstall texlive-formats-extra on Debian 12
To uninstall only the texlive-formats-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-formats-extra
Uninstall texlive-formats-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texlive-formats-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-formats-extra
Remove texlive-formats-extra Configurations and Data
To remove texlive-formats-extra configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-formats-extra
Remove texlive-formats-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texlive-formats-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-formats-extra
Dependencies
texlive-formats-extra have the following dependencies:
- tex-common
- texlive-base
- texlive-binaries
- texlive-fonts-recommended
- texlive-latex-base
- texlive-plain-generic
- texlive-xetex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-formats-extra package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
