How to Install and Uninstall texinfo Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "texinfo" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install texinfo on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall texinfo on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                texinfo
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the texinfo package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: texinfo
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.7.0.dfsg.2-5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 11320
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), perl (>= 5.30.0-9), perlapi-5.30.0, libtext-unidecode-perl, libxml-libxml-perl, tex-common (>= 6)
Suggests: texlive-base, texlive-latex-base, texlive-plain-generic, texlive-fonts-recommended
Breaks: ja-trans (<= 0.7-3.1), tetex-base (<< 3.0), tetex-bin (<< 3.0), texinfo-doc-nonfree
Replaces: tetex-base (<< 1.0.2+20000804-9), tetex-bin (<< 3.0), texinfo-doc-nonfree
Filename: pool/universe/t/texinfo/texinfo_6.7.0.dfsg.2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 1374636
MD5sum: 458295c74ea7a969b075bf7f4782c85c
SHA1: 0116e1de626d38140ad76531e2e8b91d9787a265
SHA256: f404b7ad5bfe324decc43f8e9284ed1a3f5590e798d7704988e03558f682bbac
SHA512: 742db23fc469b06e8ec7ff7e1f4353fa303ee94c47b8645ab91ef5b0bec4550ae0fe50a53d4b3f29f2cd7bed60c16d1ffc2898668461e3e0f15ac108911671ae
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
Description-en: Documentation system for on-line information and printed output
Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to
produce both on-line information and printed output.
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Using Texinfo, you can create a printed document with the normal features
of a book, including chapters, sections, cross references, and indices.
From the same Texinfo source file, you can create a menu-driven, on-line
Info file with nodes, menus, cross references, and indices.
Description-md5: 1c7c77fec8377bb6e9c62acc5e9736a6