How To Install libreoffice-texmaths on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-texmaths on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libreoffice-texmaths
libreoffice-texmaths is:
TexMaths generates SVG or PNG images from LaTeX equations, inserts them into the document, and the LaTeX source is stored alongside the image in the ODT format. TexMaths can be used to edit the source and regenerate the image, or one can unzip the ODT and extract the LaTeX source from the content.xml.
There are three methods to install libreoffice-texmaths 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 libreoffice-texmaths Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-texmaths using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreoffice-texmaths
Install libreoffice-texmaths Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreoffice-texmaths using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreoffice-texmaths
Install libreoffice-texmaths 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 libreoffice-texmaths using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreoffice-texmaths
How To Uninstall libreoffice-texmaths on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libreoffice-texmaths package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreoffice-texmaths
Uninstall libreoffice-texmaths And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreoffice-texmaths and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreoffice-texmaths
Remove libreoffice-texmaths Configurations and Data
To remove libreoffice-texmaths configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreoffice-texmaths
Remove libreoffice-texmaths configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreoffice-texmaths configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreoffice-texmaths
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-texmaths package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
