How To Install texlive-generic-recommended on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-generic-recommended
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is texlive-generic-recommended
texlive-generic-recommended is:
This is a transitional package for texlive-generic-recommended to ensure proper upgrade to texlive-plain-generic. It can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
There are three methods to install texlive-generic-recommended
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-generic-recommended 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-generic-recommended
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texlive-generic-recommended
Install texlive-generic-recommended Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-generic-recommended
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texlive-generic-recommended
Install texlive-generic-recommended 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-generic-recommended
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texlive-generic-recommended
How To Uninstall texlive-generic-recommended on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the texlive-generic-recommended
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-generic-recommended
Uninstall texlive-generic-recommended And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texlive-generic-recommended
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-generic-recommended
Remove texlive-generic-recommended Configurations and Data
To remove texlive-generic-recommended
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-generic-recommended
Remove texlive-generic-recommended configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texlive-generic-recommended
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-generic-recommended
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-generic-recommended
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.