How To Install equalx on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install equalx on Ubuntu 20.04. equalx is graphical editor for LaTeX equations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install equalx on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is equalx

equalx is:

EqualX is a graphical interface to LaTeX and a bunch of conversion programs for aiding you write equations faster in LaTeX and export them to other applications.

There are three methods to install equalx on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install equalx Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install equalx using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install equalx

Install equalx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install equalx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install equalx

Install equalx 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 equalx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install equalx

How To Uninstall equalx on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the equalx package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove equalx

Uninstall equalx And Its Dependencies

To uninstall equalx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove equalx

Remove equalx Configurations and Data

To remove equalx configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge equalx

Remove equalx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove equalx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge equalx

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install equalx package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.