How To Install texlive-luatex on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-luatex on Debian 12.
What is texlive-luatex
texlive-luatex is:
Packages for LuaTeX, a TeX engine using Lua as an embedded scripting and extension language, with native support for Unicode, OpenType/TrueType fonts, and both PDF and DVI output. The LuaTeX engine itself (and plain formats) are in collection-basic.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
addliga – Access basic ligatures in legacy TrueType fonts
auto-pst-pdf-lua – Using LuaLaTeX together with PostScript code
barracuda – Draw barcodes with Lua
bezierplot – Approximate smooth function graphs with cubic bezier splines for use with TikZ or MetaPost
blopentype – A basic LuaTeX OpenType handler
checkcites – Check citation commands in a document
chickenize – Use lua callbacks for “interesting” textual effects
chinese-jfm – Luatexja-jfm files for Chinese typesetting
cloze – A LuaLaTeX package for creating cloze texts
combofont – Add NFSS-declarations of combo fonts to LuaLaTeX documents
cstypo – Czech typography rules enforced through LuaTeX hooks
ctablestack – Catcode table stable support
ekdosis – Typesetting TEI-xml compliant Critical Editions
emoji – Emoji support in (Lua)LaTeX
emojicite – Add emojis to citations
enigma – Encrypt documents with a three rotor Enigma
innerscript – Modifies automatic mathematics spacing
interpreter – Translate input files on the fly
kanaparser – Kana parser for LuaTeX
ligtype – Comprehensive ligature suppression functionalities
linebreaker – Prevent overflow boxes with LuaLaTeX
lt3luabridge – Execute Lua code in any TeX engine that exposes the shell
lua-typo – Highlighting typographical flaws with LuaLaTeX
lua-uca – Unicode Collation Algorithm library for Lua
lua-ul – Underlining for LuaLaTeX
lua-uni-algos – Unicode algorithms for LuaTeX
lua-visual-debug – Visual debugging with LuaLaTeX
lua-widow-control – Automatically remove widows and orphans from any document
luaaddplot – An extension to pgfplots’ \addplot macro
luacas – A computer algebra system for users of LuaLaTeX
luacensor – Securely redact sensitive information using Lua
luacode – Helper for executing lua code from within TeX
luacolor – Color support based on LuaTeX’s node attributes
luacomplex – Operations on complex numbers inside LaTeX documents using Lua
luagcd – Computation of gcd of integers inside LaTeX using Lua
luahyphenrules – Loading patterns in LuaLaTeX with language.dat
luaimageembed – Embed images as base64-encoded strings
luaindex – Create index using LuaLaTeX
luainputenc – Replacing inputenc for use in LuaTeX
luaintro – Examples from the book “Einfuhrung in LuaTeX und LuaLaTeX”
luakeys – A Lua module for parsing key-value options
lualatex-doc – A guide to use of LaTeX with LuaTeX
lualatex-math – Fixes for mathematics-related LuaLaTeX issues
lualatex-truncate – A wrapper for using the truncate package with LuaLaTeX
lualibs – Additional Lua functions for LuaTeX macro programmers
luamathalign – More flexible alignment in amsmath environments
luamaths – Provide standard mathematical operations inside LaTeX documents using Lua
luamodulartables – Generate modular addition and multiplication tables
luamplib – Use LuaTeX’s built-in MetaPost interpreter
luaoptions – Option handling for LuaLaTeX packages
luaotfload – OpenType ’loader’ for Plain TeX and LaTeX
luapackageloader – Allow LuaTeX to load external Lua packages
luaprogtable – Programmable table interface for LuaLaTeX
luaquotes – Smart setting of quotation marks
luarandom – Create lists of random numbers
luaset – Set Operations inside LaTeX documents using Lua
luatex85 – pdfTeX aliases for LuaTeX
luatexbase – Basic resource management for LuaTeX code
luatexko – Typeset Korean with Lua(La)TeX
luatextra – Additional macros for Plain TeX and LaTeX in LuaTeX
luatruthtable – Generate truth tables of boolean values in LuaLaTeX
luavlna – Prevent line breaks after single letter words, units, or academic titles
luaxml – Lua library for reading and serialising XML files
lutabulartools – Some useful LuaLaTeX-based tabular tools
minim – A modern plain format for the LuaTeX engine
minim-math – Extensive maths for LuaTeX
minim-mp – Low-level mplib integration for LuaTeX
minim-pdf – Low-level PDF integration for LuaTeX
minim-xmp – Embed XMP metadata in PDF with LuaTeX
newpax – Experimental package to extract and reinsert PDF annotations
nodetree – Visualize node lists in a tree view
odsfile – Read OpenDocument Spreadsheet documents as LaTeX tables
optex – LuaTeX format based on Plain TeX and OPmac
pdfarticle – Class for pdf publications
pdfextra – Extra PDF features for (Op)TeX
penlight – Penlight Lua libraries made available to LuaLaTeX users
piton – Typeset Python listings with LPEG
placeat – Absolute content positioning
plantuml – Support for rendering UML diagrams using the syntax and tool of PlantUML
pyluatex – Execute Python code on the fly in your LaTeX documents
scikgtex – Mark research contributions in scientific documents and embed them in PDF metadata
selnolig – Selectively disable typographic ligatures
showhyphenation – Marking of hyphenation points
showkerning – Showing kerns in a document
spacekern – Kerning between words and against space
spelling – Support for spell-checking of LuaTeX documents
stricttex – Strictly balanced brackets and numbers in command names
truthtable – Automatically generate truth tables for given variables and statements
tsvtemplate – Apply a template to a tsv file
typewriter – Typeset with a randomly variable monospace font
uninormalize – Unicode normalization support
yamlvars – A YAML parser and tool for easy LaTeX definition creation
There are three methods to install texlive-luatex 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-luatex 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-luatex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texlive-luatex
Install texlive-luatex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-luatex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texlive-luatex
Install texlive-luatex 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-luatex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texlive-luatex
How To Uninstall texlive-luatex on Debian 12
To uninstall only the texlive-luatex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-luatex
Uninstall texlive-luatex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texlive-luatex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-luatex
Remove texlive-luatex Configurations and Data
To remove texlive-luatex configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-luatex
Remove texlive-luatex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texlive-luatex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-luatex
Dependencies
texlive-luatex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-luatex package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
