How to Install and Uninstall auctex Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "auctex" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install auctex on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                auctex
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "auctex" package

Learn how to uninstall auctex on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                auctex
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the auctex package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: auctex
Version: 11.91-2
Installed-Size: 4613
Maintainer: Davide G. M. Salvetti
Architecture: all
Replaces: preview-latex
Provides: preview-latex
Depends: emacs, emacsen-common (>= 3.0.0), preview-latex-style, procps, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: ghostscript, texlive-latex-recommended, xpdf | evince | evince-gtk | okular
Suggests: catdvi, dvipng, lacheck
Conflicts: preview-latex
Breaks: emacspeak (<= 17.0-1)
Description: integrated document editing environment for TeX etc.
Description-md5: 25baf0e24237a5e428db3cee78559130
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/
Tag: implemented-in::lisp, interface::text-mode, role::plugin, role::program,
suite::emacs, suite::gnu, use::editing, works-with-format::tex,
works-with::text
Section: tex
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/auctex/auctex_11.91-2_all.deb
Size: 1221440
MD5sum: b892b4b67944fc6ea02caf4d006d0a97
SHA256: 11dda82bb7af0272143aafce944a5dbc9780ea085dc87d154215585fb1906678