How To Install texlive-lang-japanese on Debian 9

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

Introduction

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

What is texlive-lang-japanese

texlive-lang-japanese is:

Support for Japanese; additional packages in collection- langcjk.

This package includes the following CTAN packages:

babel-japanese – Babel support for Japanese

bxbase – BX bundle base components

bxcjkjatype – Typeset Japanese with pdfLaTeX and CJK

bxjalipsum – Dummy text in Japanese

bxjscls – Japanese document class collection for all major engines

convbkmk – Correct platex/uplatex bookmarks in PDF created with hyperref

ipaex – IPA and IPAex fonts from Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan.

japanese-otf – Advanced font selection for platex and its friends

japanese-otf-uptex – Support for Japanese OTF files in upLaTeX

jsclasses – Classes tailored for use with Japanese

lshort-japanese – Japanese version of A Short Introduction to LaTeX2e

luatexja – Typeset Japanese with Lua(La)TeX

mendex-doc – Documentation for Mendex index processor

pbibtex-base – Bibliography styles and miscellaneous files for pBibTeX

platex – pLaTeX2e and miscellaneous macros for pTeX

platex-tools – pLaTeX standard tools bundle

platexcheat – A LaTeX cheat sheet, in Japanese

ptex – A TeX system for publishing in Japanese

ptex-base – Plain TeX format and documents for pTeX and e-pTeX

ptex-fonts – Fonts for use with pTeX

ptex-fontmaps – Font maps and configuration tools for Japanese/Chinese/Korean fonts with (u)ptex

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

pxrubrica –

uplatex – pLaTeX2e and miscellaneous macros for upTeX

uptex – Unicode version of pTeX

uptex-base – Plain TeX format 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 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-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 9

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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.