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Install texlive-extra-utils on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install texlive-extra-utils

Learn how to install texlive-extra-utils with the command sudo apt-get install texlive-extra-utils on Ubuntus.

Quick installation of texlive-extra-utils:

Step 1: Update system:

sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: texlive-extra-utils

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

sudo apt-get install texlive-extra-utils

Package Details

Package:texlive-extra-utils
Version:2009-10ubuntu1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Description:TeX Live: TeX auxiliary programs Various useful, but non-essential, support programs. Includes programs and macros for DVI file manipulation, literate programming, patgen, and the TeX Works Editor. . This package includes the following CTAN packages: a2ping -- Advanced PS, PDF, EPS converter. bibtex8 -- A fully 8-bit adaptation of BibTeX 0.99. ctie -- cweb -- A Web system in C. detex -- Strip TeX from a source file. dtl -- Tools to dis-assemble and re-assemble DVI files. dvi2tty -- Produce ASCII from DVI. dviasm -- A utility for editing DVI files. dvicopy -- Copy DVI files, flattening VFs. dviljk -- DVI to Laserjet output. dvipos -- findhyph -- Find hyphenated words in a document. getnonfreefonts -- hyphenex -- Generate a hyphenation exceptions file. latex2man -- Translate LaTeX-based manual pages into Unix man format. listings-ext -- Automated input of source. mkind-english -- mkjobtexmf -- Generate a texmf tree for a particular job. patgen -- pdfcrop -- Crop PDF graphics. pdftools -- PDF-related utilities, including PostScript-to-PDF conversion pkfix -- Replace pk fonts in PostScript with Type 1 fonts. pkfix-helper -- Make PostScript files accessible to pkfix. seetexk -- Utiities for manipulating DVI files. synctex -- texcount -- Count words in a LaTeX document. texdiff -- Compare documents and produce tagged merge. texdirflatten -- Collect files related to a LaTeX job in a single directory. texloganalyser -- Analyse TeX logs. texware -- Utility programs for use with TeX. tie -- Allow multiple web change files. tpic2pdftex -- Use tpic commands in PDFTeX. web -- original web programs tangle and weave Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Distro:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:tex

How to install texlive-extra-utils on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If texlive-extra-utils is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L texlive-extra-utils' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L texlive-extra-utils
Package `texlive-extra-utils' is not installed.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing texlive-extra-utils:

After system update use the following command to install texlive-extra-utils:

sudo apt-get install texlive-extra-utils

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove texlive-extra-utils from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the texlive-extra-utils from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the texlive-extra-utils following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  texlive-extra-utils

Following command is used to remove the texlive-extra-utils package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove texlive-extra-utils

This will remove texlive-extra-utils and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing texlive-extra-utils with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge texlive-extra-utils

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove texlive-extra-utils

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with texlive-extra-utils package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.

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