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