How To Install lyx on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lyx on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is lyx
lyx is:
LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and typesetting quality of LaTeX available for people who are used to word processors. Since LyX supports LaTeX’s concept of general mark-ups, it is even easier and faster to create professional quality documents with it than with usual word processors. It is also possible to use LaTeX commands within LyX, so nothing of LaTeX’s power is lost.
You can extend the functionality of LyX by installing these packages:
- chktex: check for typographical errors
- gnuhtml2latex: import HTML documents
- groff: improved table formatting in plain text exports
- librsvg2-bin, inkscape: use the SVG image format in LyX documents
- linuxdoc-tools: export SGML LinuxDoc documents
- mythes-*: use the OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice Thesaurus
- noweb: import noweb files
- rcs: integrated version control
- sgmltools-lite: export SGML DocBook documents
- texlive-xetex: use the XeTeX typesetting system
- wv: import MS Word documents
There are three methods to install lyx on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lyx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lyx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lyx
Install lyx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lyx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lyx
Install lyx 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 lyx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lyx
How To Uninstall lyx on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the lyx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lyx
Uninstall lyx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lyx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lyx
Remove lyx Configurations and Data
To remove lyx configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lyx
Remove lyx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lyx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lyx
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lyx package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
