How To Install docbook-mathml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-mathml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is docbook-mathml
docbook-mathml is:
The DocBook MathML module adds support for including MathML markup in DocBook XML source documents.
The MathML module is a customization of the full DocBook XML V4.1.2 DTD. The module requires access to the MathML V2.0 DTD provided by the w3-dtd-mathml package.
There are three methods to install docbook-mathml 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 docbook-mathml Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install docbook-mathml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install docbook-mathml
Install docbook-mathml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install docbook-mathml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install docbook-mathml
Install docbook-mathml 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 docbook-mathml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install docbook-mathml
How To Uninstall docbook-mathml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the docbook-mathml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove docbook-mathml
Uninstall docbook-mathml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall docbook-mathml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove docbook-mathml
Remove docbook-mathml Configurations and Data
To remove docbook-mathml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge docbook-mathml
Remove docbook-mathml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove docbook-mathml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge docbook-mathml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install docbook-mathml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
