How to Install and Uninstall texlive-generic-recommended Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "texlive-generic-recommended" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install texlive-generic-recommended on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "texlive-generic-recommended" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall texlive-generic-recommended on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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-generic-recommended package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: texlive-generic-recommended
Architecture: all
Version: 2017.20180305-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/tex
Source: texlive-base
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 68
Depends: texlive-plain-generic (>= 2017.20170628)
Filename: pool/universe/t/texlive-base/texlive-generic-recommended_2017.20180305-1_all.deb
Size: 15856
MD5sum: c2778eba50cfb68c9e6476e3d8f7833a
SHA1: f60f217cbbc1c1fc410ac743b81ff0f8d0ae152a
SHA256: fd67804c9a240b760ae73b0a842feabe80efeff984fa4b8cdc6bf5ae1027aeaa
Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Description: TeX Live: transitional dummy package
Description-md5: 120b1a400140a737fdd37dab18683f6e