How To Install texlive-lang-japanese on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lang-japanese on Debian 12.
What is texlive-lang-japanese
texlive-lang-japanese is:
Support for Japanese; additional packages are in collection-langcjk.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
ascmac – Boxes and picture macros with Japanese vertical writing support
asternote – Annotation symbols enclosed in square brackets and marked with an asterisk
babel-japanese – Babel support for Japanese
bxbase – BX bundle base components
bxcjkjatype – Typeset Japanese with pdfLaTeX and CJK
bxghost – Ghost insertion for proper xkanjiskip
bxjaholiday – Support for Japanese holidays
bxjalipsum – Dummy text in Japanese
bxjaprnind – Adjust the position of parentheses at paragraph head
bxjatoucs – Convert Japanese character code to Unicode
bxjscls – Japanese document class collection for all major engines
bxorigcapt – To retain the original caption names when using Babel
bxwareki – Convert dates from Gregorian to Japanese calender
convbkmk – Correct platex/uplatex bookmarks in PDF created with hyperref
endnotesj – Japanese-style endnotes
gckanbun – Kanbun typesetting for (u)pLaTeX and LuaLaTeX
gentombow – Generate Japanese-style crop marks
haranoaji – Harano Aji Fonts
haranoaji-extra – Harano Aji Fonts
ieejtran – Unofficial bibliography style file for the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
ifptex – Check if the engine is pTeX or one of its derivatives
ifxptex – Detect pTeX and its derivatives
ipaex – IPA (Japanese) fonts
japanese-mathformulas – Compiling basic math formulas in Japanese using LuaLaTeX
japanese-otf – Advanced font selection for platex and its friends
jieeetran – UnofficiaL BibTeX style for citing Japanese articles in IEEE format
jlreq – Japanese document class based on requirements for Japanese text layout
jlreq-deluxe – Multi-weight Japanese font support for the jlreq class
jpneduenumerate – Enumerative expressions in Japanese education
jpnedumathsymbols – Mathematical equation representation in Japanese education
jsclasses – Classes tailored for use with Japanese
kanbun – Typeset kanbun-kundoku with support for kanbun annotation
lshort-japanese – Japanese version of A Short Introduction to LaTeX2e
luatexja – Typeset Japanese with Lua(La)TeX
mendex-doc – Documentation for Mendex index processor
morisawa – Enables selection of 5 standard Japanese fonts for pLaTeX + dvips
pbibtex-base – Bibliography styles and miscellaneous files for pBibTeX
pbibtex-manual – Documentation files for (u)pBibTeX
platex – pLaTeX2e and miscellaneous macros for pTeX
platex-tools – pLaTeX standard tools bundle
platexcheat – A LaTeX cheat sheet, in Japanese
plautopatch – Automated patches for pLaTeX/upLaTeX
ptex – A TeX system for publishing in Japanese
ptex-base – Plain TeX format for pTeX and e-pTeX
ptex-fontmaps – Font maps and configuration tools for Japanese/Chinese/Korean fonts with (u)ptex
ptex-fonts – Fonts for use with pTeX
ptex-manual – Japanese pTeX manual
ptex2pdf – Convert Japanese TeX documents to PDF
pxbase – Tools for use with (u)pLaTeX
pxchfon – Japanese font setup for pLaTeX and upLaTeX
pxcjkcat – LaTeX interface for the CJK category codes of upTeX
pxjahyper – Hyperref support for pLaTeX
pxjodel – Help change metrics of fonts from japanese-otf
pxrubrica – Ruby annotations according to JIS X 4051
pxufont – Emulate non-Unicode Japanese fonts using Unicode fonts
texlive-ja – TeX Live manual (Japanese)
uplatex – pLaTeX2e and miscellaneous macros for upTeX
uptex – Unicode version of pTeX
uptex-base – Plain TeX formats and documents for upTeX
uptex-fonts – Fonts for use with upTeX
zxjafbfont – Fallback CJK font support for xeCJK
zxjatype – Standard conforming typesetting of Japanese, for XeLaTeX
There are three methods to install texlive-lang-japanese 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-lang-japanese 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-japanese using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texlive-lang-japanese
Install texlive-lang-japanese Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-lang-japanese using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texlive-lang-japanese
Install texlive-lang-japanese 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-japanese using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texlive-lang-japanese
How To Uninstall texlive-lang-japanese on Debian 12
To uninstall only the texlive-lang-japanese package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-lang-japanese
Uninstall texlive-lang-japanese And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texlive-lang-japanese and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-lang-japanese
Remove texlive-lang-japanese Configurations and Data
To remove texlive-lang-japanese configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-lang-japanese
Remove texlive-lang-japanese configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texlive-lang-japanese configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-lang-japanese
Dependencies
texlive-lang-japanese have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-lang-japanese package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
