How To Install texlive-lang-italian on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lang-italian on Ubuntu 18.04. texlive-lang-italian is TeX Live

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lang-italian on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is texlive-lang-italian

texlive-lang-italian is:

Support for Italian.

This package includes the following CTAN packages:

amsldoc-it – Italian translation of amsldoc

amsmath-it – Italian translations of some old amsmath documents

amsthdoc-it – Italian translation of amsthdoc: Using the amsthm package

babel-italian – Babel support for Italian text

codicefiscaleitaliano – Test the consistency of the Italian personal Fiscal Code

fancyhdr-it – Italian translation of fancyhdr documentation

fixltxhyph – Allow hyphenation of partially-emphasised substrings

frontespizio – Create a frontispiece for Italian theses

hyphen-italian – Italian hyphenation patterns.

itnumpar – Spell numbers in words (Italian)

l2tabu-italian – Italian Translation of Obsolete packages and commands

latex4wp-it – LaTeX guide for word processor users, in Italian

layaureo – A package to improve the A4 page layout

lshort-italian – Introduction to LaTeX in Italian

psfrag-italian – PSfrag documentation in Italian

texlive-it – TeX Live manual (Italian)

There are three methods to install texlive-lang-italian 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-italian 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-italian using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install texlive-lang-italian Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install texlive-lang-italian

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

sudo aptitude -y install texlive-lang-italian

How To Uninstall texlive-lang-italian on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove texlive-lang-italian

Uninstall texlive-lang-italian And Its Dependencies

To uninstall texlive-lang-italian 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-italian

Remove texlive-lang-italian Configurations and Data

To remove texlive-lang-italian configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lang-italian package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.