How to Install and Uninstall texlive Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "texlive" package

Learn how to install texlive on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall texlive on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: texlive
Architecture: all
Version: 2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/tex
Source: texlive-base
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 68
Depends: texlive-latex-recommended (>= 2015), texlive-latex-base (>= 2015), texlive-fonts-recommended (>= 2015)
Filename: pool/universe/t/texlive-base/texlive_2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size: 14278
MD5sum: 31e6aa63713e6ed4196c41abb8fbc570
SHA1: b2a78b777e33838f5b75b30d8162150b3ef54522
SHA256: 1a64fa464f84f5c64dbdb90c9bf6f681940791606ecbc5e179681867e3d0077a
SHA512: 1157ec31b4137083067f1d6ef55ba5acbedbe74c66766af48674e0d69a7ba2ef3f7df8046fd6ef1d16158a5c7d219ef69b794d5814b317938664f91d90b1123a
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
Supported: 3y

Package: texlive
Priority: optional
Section: universe/tex
Installed-Size: 67
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: texlive-base
Version: 2015.20160320-1
Depends: texlive-latex-recommended (>= 2015), texlive-latex-base (>= 2015), texlive-fonts-recommended (>= 2015)
Filename: pool/universe/t/texlive-base/texlive_2015.20160320-1_all.deb
Size: 14262
MD5sum: 388ef162432efa498e6d342891cc5017
SHA1: 6ba969423238637833a7949f2aaef4b5c5685017
SHA256: 31d78c921f7532a0fca7c7589eb7e50e0542b0203be90ac6ba6d48fdb11011d5
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m