How to Install and Uninstall auctex Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 25,2024

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "auctex" package

This tutorial shows how to install auctex on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall auctex on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                auctex
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the auctex package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: auctex
Architecture: all
Version: 12.2-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/tex
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Davide G. M. Salvetti
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4647
Provides: preview-latex
Depends: emacs, emacsen-common (>= 3.0.0), preview-latex-style, procps, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: ghostscript, texlive-latex-recommended, evince | xpdf | okular, xdg-utils
Suggests: catdvi, dvipng, lacheck
Conflicts: preview-latex
Breaks: emacspeak (<= 17.0-1)
Replaces: preview-latex
Filename: pool/universe/a/auctex/auctex_12.2-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 1206088
MD5sum: 847ee52dc26f8cddac87a9f984bf51da
SHA1: 341f202165b4a9ab2c0f472d73cde8bd2cef269c
SHA256: d0837cfce415c8b635e261a89391ea4bc5127b80f6f4bb7299b8c3b43b5d2a5e
SHA512: efdaeb83b865ef897e7b943a243c32506cbee21ed167afdcef584701a620b6fe3314faf95dc8e0c033e31a029cb1940a26d764c87104980150a60828e524792d
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/
Description: integrated document editing environment for TeX etc.
Description-md5: 25baf0e24237a5e428db3cee78559130