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

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "texlive" package

This tutorial shows how to install texlive on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

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


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

Package: texlive
Architecture: all
Version: 2020.20200804-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/tex
Source: texlive-base
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 71
Depends: texlive-fonts-recommended (>= 2020.20200417), texlive-latex-base (>= 2020.20200417), texlive-latex-recommended (>= 2020.20200417)
Filename: pool/universe/t/texlive-base/texlive_2020.20200804-2_all.deb
Size: 14396
MD5sum: 30518dfd864b33255dcbf3d6deceae07
SHA1: 42966d425d2a642f489db9aac6e781cf63d0f558
SHA256: 1470cb4c50201b72f1385dea44d8e8e510d63141bc24a4192464723c2d341c93
SHA512: b95fdc4260eb2f0b06c672c61177993c8ea5154ecd0fd492696b69b56470a8d4b8850d40d3e2506bba3e24707c45b798f0fee19720a8c71dbbfa7981f31da1a4
Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Description-en: TeX Live: A decent selection of the TeX Live packages
The TeX Live software distribution offers a complete TeX system. It
encompasses programs for typesetting, previewing and printing of TeX
documents in many different languages, and a large collection of TeX macros
and font libraries. . This metapackage provides a decent selection of the
TeX Live packages which should suffice for the most common tasks. . The
distribution also includes extensive general documentation about TeX, as
well as the documentation accompanying the included software packages.
Description-md5: 19838094eeee28c5a5392b813c6cec17