How To Install yatex on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yatex on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is yatex
yatex is:
YaTeX is an intelligent, acquisitive and integrated package which reduces your efforts of composing LaTeX source on Emacs.
YaTeX automates typesetting and previewing of LaTeX and enables
completing input of LaTeX mark-up command such as \begin{}'..\end{}'.
This package also includes yahtml mode, the honest and bright YaTeX-compatible major-mode for writing HTML. If you have noticed the power of YaTeX, you can drive yahtml over the HTML files quickly and steadily. And vice versa, of course.
YaTeX also supports Demacs which runs on MS-DOS(386), Mule (Multi Language Enhancement to GNU Emacs), and LaTeX on DOS.
For more information, please refer to http://www.yatex.org/
There are three methods to install yatex on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install yatex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yatex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yatex
Install yatex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yatex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yatex
Install yatex 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install yatex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yatex
How To Uninstall yatex on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the yatex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yatex
Uninstall yatex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yatex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yatex
Remove yatex Configurations and Data
To remove yatex configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yatex
Remove yatex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yatex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yatex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yatex package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.