Installing texlive-full on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS
Example of installing texlive-full on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install texlive-full.
Quick installation of texlive-full:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: texlive-full
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install texlive-full
Package Details | |
| Package: | texlive-full |
| Version: | 2016.20161130-1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.tug.org/texlive/ |
| Description: | TeX Live: metapackage pulling in all components of TeX Live The TeX Live software distribution offers a complete TeX system. It encompasses programs for typesetting, previewing and printing of TeX documents in many different languages, and a large collection of TeX macros and font libraries. . The distribution also includes extensive general documentation about TeX, as well as the documentation accompanying the included software packages. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/tex |
How to install texlive-full 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 texlive-full is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L texlive-full' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L texlive-full dpkg-query: package 'texlive-full' 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-full:
After system update use the following command to install texlive-full:
sudo apt-get install texlive-full
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 texlive-full from Ubuntu 17.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the texlive-full 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 texlive-full following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-full
Following command is used to remove the texlive-full package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove texlive-full
This will remove texlive-full and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing texlive-full 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-full
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove texlive-full
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with texlive-full package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.