How to Install and Uninstall ptex-base Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 07,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "ptex-base" package

This guide let you learn how to install ptex-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ptex-base" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ptex-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ptex-base package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ptex-base
Version: 1:2.5-3.1
Installed-Size: 6482
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: texlive-base, texlive-base-bin, tex-common (>= 6.13)
Suggests: ptex-bin
Conflicts: platex-base
Description: basic ASCII pTeX library files
Description-md5: 12375b40ef5f5aec3a9f022573a8628a
Tag: culture::japanese, role::app-data, role::program, use::editing,
works-with-format::tex, works-with::text
Section: tex
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/ptex-base/ptex-base_2.5-3.1_all.deb
Size: 156264
MD5sum: e383849645f9a7cd363c4f90fb490e6f
SHA256: beb94c1a11722b23bbf3d71fcf4b88be2b40b95c301893dd38fb208d2648510d