How To Install wp2latex on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wp2latex on Debian 12.
What is wp2latex
wp2latex is:
WP2LaTeX is a program for conversion WordPerfect documents to LaTeX. All known WP fileformats are supported: MAC WP1.x, WP2,3,4.x, PC WP WP3.x, WP4.x, WP5.x and WP6,7,8,9,10.x. It is possible to convert a lot of features. For example: Centered+Right+Left text, Endnotes, Formulas, Footers, Footnotes, Headers, Indentings, Tables, a lot of Extended characters (Greek, math, cyrilic) and of course a normal text.
This is the pure wp2latex converter to convert WPerfect files.
There are three methods to install wp2latex 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 wp2latex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wp2latex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wp2latex
Install wp2latex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wp2latex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wp2latex
Install wp2latex 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 wp2latex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wp2latex
How To Uninstall wp2latex on Debian 12
To uninstall only the wp2latex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wp2latex
Uninstall wp2latex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wp2latex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wp2latex
Remove wp2latex Configurations and Data
To remove wp2latex configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wp2latex
Remove wp2latex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wp2latex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wp2latex
Dependencies
wp2latex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wp2latex package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.