How To Install latex-make on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install latex-make on Ubuntu 20.04. latex-make is easy compiling of complex (and simple) LaTeX documents

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install latex-make on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is latex-make

latex-make is:

This package provides several tools that aim to simplify the compilation of LaTeX documents:

LaTeX.mk: a Makefile snippet to help compiling LaTeX documents in DVI, PDF, PS, … format. Dependencies are automatically tracked: one should be able to compile documents with a one-line Makefile containing ‘include LaTeX.mk’. Complex documents (with multiple bibliographies, indexes, glossaries, …) should be correctly managed.

figlatex.sty: a LaTeX package to easily insert xfig figures (with \includegraphics{file.fig}). It can interact with LaTeX.mk so that the latter automatically invokes fig2dev if needed.

And various helper tools for LaTeX.mk

There are three methods to install latex-make 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 latex-make Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install latex-make

Install latex-make Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install latex-make

Install latex-make 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 latex-make using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install latex-make

How To Uninstall latex-make on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the latex-make package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove latex-make

Uninstall latex-make And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove latex-make

Remove latex-make Configurations and Data

To remove latex-make configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge latex-make

Remove latex-make configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge latex-make

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Summary

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