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

Last updated: May 13,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "texlive" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install texlive on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall texlive on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the texlive package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: texlive
Source: texlive-base
Version: 2022.20230122-3
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force
Architecture: all
Depends: texlive-fonts-recommended (>= 2022.20220405), texlive-latex-base (>= 2022.20220405), texlive-latex-recommended (>= 2022.20220405)
Description: TeX Live: A decent selection of the TeX Live packages
Description-md5: 19838094eeee28c5a5392b813c6cec17
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Tag: made-of::tex, role::app-data, role::program, use::typesetting,
works-with-format::tex, works-with::text
Section: tex
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/texlive-base/texlive_2022.20230122-3_all.deb
Size: 18168
MD5sum: 46dfdedf5cc32d960ed81f2c4edfe230
SHA256: 29041982fc00025dad603182ac1241816f69fe00380ea43536df8a0631bc31d1