How to Install and Uninstall tex-common Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 05,2024

You can also install and uninstall the tex-common 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 "tex-common" package

This tutorial shows how to install tex-common on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "tex-common" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall tex-common on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tex-common package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: tex-common
Architecture: all
Version: 6.17
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/tex
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 161
Provides: dh-sequence-tex
Pre-Depends: dpkg
Depends: ucf
Suggests: debhelper
Conflicts: tetex-base (<< 2007), texlive-common (<< 2009)
Breaks: cm-super-minimal (<< 0.3.4-12), context-doc-nonfree (<= 2012.06.27-1), gregoriotex (<= 2.0-1.1), itrans (<= 5.3-10), jadetex (<= 3.13-12), ko.tex-base (<= 0.1.0+20071012-1), ko.tex-extra (<= 0.1.0+20071012-1), latex-cjk-chinese (<< 4.8.2+git20111216-2), latex-cjk-chinese-arphic-bkai00mp (<= 1.21+nmu1), latex-cjk-chinese-arphic-bsmi00lp (<= 1.21+nmu1), latex-cjk-chinese-arphic-gbsn00lp (<= 1.21+nmu1), latex-cjk-chinese-arphic-gkai00mp (<= 1.21+nmu1), latex-cjk-thai (<= 4.8.2+git20111216-1), latex-fonts-sipa-arundina (<= 0.2.0-1), latex-fonts-thai-tlwg (<= 1:0.5.0-1), latex-sanskrit (<= 2.2-8), luatex (<< 0.70.1), musixtex (<= 1:0.115-2), scalable-cyrfonts-tex (<= 4.15), texlive-binaries (<< 2015), texlive-common (<< 2010), texlive-lang-arab (<< 2012), thailatex (<< 2013)
Replaces: dvipdfmx, tetex-base (<= 3.0-10)
Filename: pool/universe/t/tex-common/tex-common_6.17_all.deb
Size: 33718
MD5sum: a51864b365a6ec64425a1598ed13cf01
SHA1: f019363030d37cefe6aad54a776ec335913d80de
SHA256: 05b039c480f13534b3d93a6edc99da092ac911dd0b65878eaf3f209b36373fd8
SHA512: 4f1848a88e9c26785c1d77834447c2a51035c24fe63062089757317487cf699b6d0e49c0321fd4f219304b5b42f0f60aec9ffb9eed25a727613dc1255e37e212
Description: common infrastructure for building and installing TeX
Description-md5: 9c5d58c83f2a52331afe0a8e3cd67376
Task: ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntustudio-fonts, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi