How to Install and Uninstall texlive-metapost Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 24,2024

You can also install and uninstall the texlive-metapost 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 "texlive-metapost" package

This tutorial shows how to install texlive-metapost on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "texlive-metapost" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall texlive-metapost 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 texlive-metapost package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: texlive-metapost
Architecture: all
Version: 2021.20220204-1
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: 2576
Depends: tex-common (>= 6.13), texlive-base (>= 2021.20210921), texlive-binaries (>= 2021.20210626)
Recommends: feynmf
Suggests: texlive-metapost-doc
Breaks: texlive-base (<< 2021.20210628)
Filename: pool/universe/t/texlive-base/texlive-metapost_2021.20220204-1_all.deb
Size: 453168
MD5sum: 8ce81508bbb235d2833ab3c59dd879b2
SHA1: 77d0a690af10bb01b8491020ec59bd69a3d65436
SHA256: 00f52c3fee2cd9afbf26d34d9cd9bbc97cb5c395c3d30f9236701d87b2e31709
SHA512: 95c39eb2f2e12abc12e5ea9e2326de7cb7db46993f10d84ed89b87b37c4708c61bf20ae99f5784665cbdb5b39e1f9f4cb8b4f5e027c1134a07f7ea6064a06ebb
Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Description: TeX Live: MetaPost and Metafont packages
Description-md5: 5daea367a23a99c258ac915c8cdc459d