How To Install texlive-music on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-music on Kali Linux.
What is texlive-music
texlive-music is:
Music-related fonts and packages.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
abc – Support ABC music notation in LaTeX
autosp – A Preprocessor that generates note-spacing commands for MusiXTeX scores
bagpipe – Support for typesetting bagpipe music
chordbars – Print chord grids for pop/jazz tunes
chordbox – Draw chord diagrams
ddphonism – Dodecaphonic diagrams: twelve-tone matrices, clock diagrams, etc.
figbas – Mini-fonts for figured-bass notation in music
gchords – Typeset guitar chords
gregoriotex – Engraving Gregorian Chant scores
gtrcrd – Add chords to lyrics
guitar – Guitar chords and song texts
guitarchordschemes – Guitar Chord and Scale Tablatures
guitartabs – A class for drawing guitar tablatures easily
harmony – Typeset harmony symbols, etc., for musicology
latex4musicians – A guide for combining LaTeX and music
leadsheets – Typesetting leadsheets and songbooks
lyluatex – Commands to include lilypond scores within a (Lua)LaTeX document
m-tx – A preprocessor for pmx
musical – Typeset (musical) theatre scripts
musicography – Accessing symbols for music writing with pdfLaTeX
musixguit – Easy notation for guitar music, in MusixTeX
musixtex – Sophisticated music typesetting
musixtex-fonts – Fonts used by MusixTeX
musixtnt – A MusiXTeX extension library that enables transformations of the effect of notes commands
octave – Typeset musical pitches with octave designations
piano – Typeset a basic 2-octave piano diagram
pmx – Preprocessor for MusiXTeX
pmxchords – Produce chord information to go with pmx output
songbook – Package for typesetting song lyrics and chord books
songs – Produce song books for church or fellowship
xpiano – An extension of the piano package
There are three methods to install texlive-music on Kali Linux. 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-music Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install texlive-music using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texlive-musicInstall texlive-music Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install texlive-music using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texlive-musicInstall texlive-music Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install texlive-music using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texlive-musicHow To Uninstall texlive-music on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the texlive-music package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-musicUninstall texlive-music And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texlive-music and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-musicRemove texlive-music Configurations and Data
To remove texlive-music configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-musicRemove texlive-music configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texlive-music configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-musicDependencies
texlive-music have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-music package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.