Installing latexmk on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS
Example of installing latexmk on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install latexmk.
Quick installation of latexmk:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: latexmk
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install latexmk
Package Details | |
| Package: | latexmk |
| Version: | 1:4.41-1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | |
| Description: | Perl script for running LaTeX the correct number of times Latexmk runs LaTeX the correct number of times to resolve cross references, etc; it also runs auxiliary programs (bibtex, makeindex if necessary, and dvips and/or a previewer as requested). It has a number of other useful capabilities, for example to start a previewer and then run latex whenever the source files are updated, so that the previewer gives an up-to-date view of the document. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/tex |
How to install latexmk on Ubuntu 17.04?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 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 latexmk is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L latexmk' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L latexmk dpkg-query: package 'latexmk' 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 latexmk:
After system update use the following command to install latexmk:
sudo apt-get install latexmk
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 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 latexmk from Ubuntu 17.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the latexmk from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the latexmk following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove latexmk
Following command is used to remove the latexmk package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove latexmk
This will remove latexmk and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing latexmk with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge latexmk
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove latexmk
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with latexmk package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.