How To Install texlive-lang-all on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lang-all on Debian 9. texlive-lang-all is TeX Live

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lang-all on Debian 9.

What is texlive-lang-all

texlive-lang-all is:

This package pulls in all texlive-lang-* packages.

There are three methods to install texlive-lang-all on Debian 9. 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-all 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-all using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install texlive-lang-all

Install texlive-lang-all Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install texlive-lang-all using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install texlive-lang-all

Install texlive-lang-all 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-lang-all using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install texlive-lang-all

How To Uninstall texlive-lang-all on Debian 9

To uninstall only the texlive-lang-all package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove texlive-lang-all

Uninstall texlive-lang-all And Its Dependencies

To uninstall texlive-lang-all and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-lang-all

Remove texlive-lang-all Configurations and Data

To remove texlive-lang-all configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-lang-all

Remove texlive-lang-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove texlive-lang-all configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-lang-all

Dependencies

texlive-lang-all have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lang-all package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.