How to install latexila On Ubuntu 16.04 Lts? Uninstall and remove latexila Package

In this tutorial you will learn how to update and install latexila On Ubuntu 16.04 Lts? Learn how to uninstall and completely remove the package latexila from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Operating System.


 

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Quick installation of latexila:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: latexila

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

	sudo apt-get install latexila

Package Details

Package:latexila
Version:3.16.1-1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://projects.gnome.org/latexila/
Description:LaTeX editor designed for the GNOME desktop
Distro:Ubuntu 16.04
Release:Xenial Xerus
Repo/Section:universe/tex

How to install latexila on Ubuntu 16.04?

How to install latexila On Ubuntu 16.04 Lts? Uninstall and remove latexila Package

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 16.04 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 latexila is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L latexila' will give followin error.

deepak@deepakub16:~$ dpkg -L latexila
dpkg-query: package 'latexila' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepakub16:~$ 

Installing latexila:

After system update use the following command to install latexila:

sudo apt-get install latexila

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 16.04 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 latexila from Ubuntu 16.04?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the latexila from Ubuntu 16.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the latexila following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  latexila

Following command is used to remove the latexila package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove latexila

This will remove latexila and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing latexila with all configuration files:

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

sudo apt-get purge latexila

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove latexila

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