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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "texlive-latex-base" package

Please follow the guidance below to install texlive-latex-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "texlive-latex-base" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall texlive-latex-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the texlive-latex-base package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: texlive-latex-base
Architecture: all
Version: 2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: tex
Source: texlive-base
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 8194
Depends: tex-common (>= 6), texlive-base (>= 2015), texlive-binaries (>= 2015.20160222.37495-1)
Recommends: texlive-latex-base-doc
Breaks: texlive-base (<< 2015)
Filename: pool/main/t/texlive-base/texlive-latex-base_2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size: 850998
MD5sum: 0af29e0e619a605768615cdc86b61414
SHA1: d2281241ba99eff593bef0fc9bf26795b0fee708
SHA256: f36d8cb651dbdc1711512a7a220d92fc178089db313b6a5fc69231004d67d370
SHA512: 381eb1720df44870a9cf690d9370a3d049817790af3bc8efa995e0348eb222c8d1de98ddec858dcc11fa16604989d056875c3ffdb32b38b9ae10f865e0c90b65
Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Description-en: TeX Live: LaTeX fundamental packages
These packages are either mandated by the core LaTeX team, or very widely
used and strongly recommended in practice.
.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
.
ae -- Virtual fonts for T1 encoded CMR-fonts.
.
amscls -- AMS document classes for LaTeX.
.
amsmath -- AMS mathematical facilities for LaTeX
.
babel -- Multilingual support for Plain TeX or LaTeX
.
babel-english -- Babel support for English.
.
babelbib -- Multilingual bibliographies.
.
carlisle -- David Carlisle's small packages.
.
colortbl -- Add colour to LaTeX tables.
.
fancyhdr -- Extensive control of page headers and footers in LaTeX2e.
.
fix2col -- Fix miscellaneous two column mode features
.
geometry -- Flexible and complete interface to document dimensions.
.
graphics -- Standard LaTeX graphics
.
hyperref -- Extensive support for hypertext in LaTeX.
.
latex -- A TeX macro package that defines LaTeX
.
latex-bin -- LaTeX executables and man pages.
.
latex-fonts -- A collection of fonts used in LaTeX distributions.
.
latexconfig --
.
ltxmisc -- Miscellaneous LaTeX packages, etc.
.
mfnfss -- Packages to typeset oldgerman and pandora fonts in LaTeX.
.
mptopdf -- mpost to PDF, native MetaPost graphics inclusion
.
natbib -- Flexible bibliography support.
.
oberdiek -- A bundle of packages submitted by Heiko Oberdiek.
.
pdftex-def -- Colour and Graphics support for PDFTeX.
.
pslatex -- Use PostScript fonts by default.
.
psnfss -- Font support for common PostScript fonts.
.
pspicture -- PostScript picture support.
.
tools -- The LaTeX standard tools bundle
.
url -- Verbatim with URL-sensitive line breaks.
Description-md5: 7c0d897c3e8f136ea953a14155597ac9
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntustudio-fonts
Supported: 5y

Package: texlive-latex-base
Priority: optional
Section: tex
Installed-Size: 8193
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: texlive-base
Version: 2015.20160320-1
Depends: tex-common (>= 6), texlive-base (>= 2015), texlive-binaries (>= 2015.20160222.37495-1)
Recommends: texlive-latex-base-doc
Breaks: texlive-base (<< 2015)
Filename: pool/main/t/texlive-base/texlive-latex-base_2015.20160320-1_all.deb
Size: 849166
MD5sum: fad91a071f1184d22f1a1f4494d0b2d2
SHA1: bca1d551bc6d5930cc980bfb6faff9161f71ade0
SHA256: 0c6a521272a829158174ae070db23d3f5b7b3256ca1533eb7089d6b339b73c24
Description-en: TeX Live: LaTeX fundamental packages
These packages are either mandated by the core LaTeX team, or very widely
used and strongly recommended in practice.
.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
.
ae -- Virtual fonts for T1 encoded CMR-fonts.
.
amscls -- AMS document classes for LaTeX.
.
amsmath -- AMS mathematical facilities for LaTeX
.
babel -- Multilingual support for Plain TeX or LaTeX
.
babel-english -- Babel support for English.
.
babelbib -- Multilingual bibliographies.
.
carlisle -- David Carlisle's small packages.
.
colortbl -- Add colour to LaTeX tables.
.
fancyhdr -- Extensive control of page headers and footers in LaTeX2e.
.
fix2col -- Fix miscellaneous two column mode features
.
geometry -- Flexible and complete interface to document dimensions.
.
graphics -- Standard LaTeX graphics
.
hyperref -- Extensive support for hypertext in LaTeX.
.
latex -- A TeX macro package that defines LaTeX
.
latex-bin -- LaTeX executables and man pages.
.
latex-fonts -- A collection of fonts used in LaTeX distributions.
.
latexconfig --
.
ltxmisc -- Miscellaneous LaTeX packages, etc.
.
mfnfss -- Packages to typeset oldgerman and pandora fonts in LaTeX.
.
mptopdf -- mpost to PDF, native MetaPost graphics inclusion
.
natbib -- Flexible bibliography support.
.
oberdiek -- A bundle of packages submitted by Heiko Oberdiek.
.
pdftex-def -- Colour and Graphics support for PDFTeX.
.
pslatex -- Use PostScript fonts by default.
.
psnfss -- Font support for common PostScript fonts.
.
pspicture -- PostScript picture support.
.
tools -- The LaTeX standard tools bundle
.
url -- Verbatim with URL-sensitive line breaks.
Description-md5: 7c0d897c3e8f136ea953a14155597ac9
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntustudio-fonts