How to Install and Uninstall auctex Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

You can also install and uninstall the auctex on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "auctex" package

Learn how to install auctex on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall auctex on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: auctex
Version: 12.2-1
Installed-Size: 4645
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 | 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_12.2-1_all.deb
Size: 1240824
MD5sum: d09f93390f49e6da810bb1485e441825
SHA256: 9c9e8207852a807b6c8b6f9124b17a3256edb6d4313d5a33e7bdbf113c77b2e9