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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "texlive-metapost" package

This tutorial shows how to install texlive-metapost on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall texlive-metapost on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: texlive-metapost
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: 2370
Depends: tex-common (>= 6), texlive-base (>= 2015), texlive-binaries (>= 2015.20160222.37495-1)
Recommends: texlive-metapost-doc, feynmf
Breaks: texlive-base (<< 2015)
Filename: pool/universe/t/texlive-base/texlive-metapost_2015.20160320-1ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size: 424146
MD5sum: faad972d466c12410a62ad55c70a6796
SHA1: 7e2b0083a76fb7556759b6fcf877dd5f9a494e1b
SHA256: 1f95ca3272bc306d3f04e5acdbeba04c5fcc73107f30824968fdfc72c6c8dec3
SHA512: 7a0453958044c31ccd9179e12dd70ad9962a6f671cc62c5d50622490a594bf4d77c40650646a4a5a53e6df780334f1046c653d2c211871256b4f8c95a8d1fcab
Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Description-en: TeX Live: MetaPost and Metafont packages
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
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automata -- Finite state machines, graphs and trees in MetaPost.
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bbcard -- Bullshit bingo, calendar and baseball-score cards.
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blockdraw_mp -- Block diagrams and bond graphs, with MetaPost.
.
bpolynomial -- Drawing polynomial functions of up to order 3.
.
cmarrows -- MetaPost arrows and braces in the Computer Modern style.
.
drv -- Derivation trees with MetaPost.
.
dviincl -- Include a DVI page into MetaPost output.
.
emp -- "Encapsulate" MetaPost figures in a document.
.
epsincl -- Include EPS in MetaPost figures.
.
expressg -- Diagrams consisting of boxes, lines, and annotations.
.
exteps -- Include EPS figures in MetaPost.
.
featpost -- MetaPost macros for 3D.
.
feynmp-auto -- Automatic processing of feynmp graphics.
.
garrigues -- MetaPost macros for the reproduction of Garrigues' Easter
nomogram.
.
gmp -- Enable integration between MetaPost pictures and LaTeX.
.
hatching -- MetaPost macros for hatching interior of closed paths.
.
latexmp -- Interface for LaTeX-based typesetting in MetaPost
.
mcf2graph -- Draw chemical structure diagrams with Metafont/MetaPost
.
metago -- MetaPost output of Go positions.
.
metaobj -- MetaPost package providing high-level objects.
.
metaplot -- Plot-manipulation macros for use in Metapost.
.
metapost -- A development of Metafont for creating graphics.
.
metauml -- MetaPost library for typesetting UML diagrams.
.
mfpic -- Draw Metafont/post pictures from (La)TeX commands.
.
mfpic4ode -- Macros to draw direction fields and solutions of ODEs.
.
mp3d -- 3D animations.
.
mparrows -- MetaPost module with different types of arrow heads
.
mpattern -- Patterns in MetaPost.
.
mpcolornames -- Extend list of predefined colour names for MetaPost.
.
mpgraphics -- Process and display MetaPost figures inline.
.
piechartmp -- Draw pie-charts using MetaPost.
.
repere -- Diagrams for school mathematics
.
roex --
.
roundrect -- MetaPost macros for highly configurable rounded rectangles
(optionally with text)
.
shapes -- Draw polygons, reentrant stars, and fractions in circles with
Metapost.
.
slideshow -- Generate slideshow with MetaPost.
.
splines -- MetaPost macros for drawing cubic spline interpolants.
.
suanpan -- MetaPost macros for drawing Chinese and Japanese abaci.
.
textpath -- Setting text along a path with MetaPost.
.
threeddice -- Create images of dice with one, two, or three faces showing,
using MetaPost.
Description-md5: b0287bacd8c0beafc9a324954fb7ad27

Package: texlive-metapost
Priority: optional
Section: universe/tex
Installed-Size: 2369
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-metapost-doc, feynmf
Breaks: texlive-base (<< 2015)
Filename: pool/universe/t/texlive-base/texlive-metapost_2015.20160320-1_all.deb
Size: 423944
MD5sum: 5df0fb9622570d30dc67f856433fcdcd
SHA1: f314605f65b22f1f22d34f04340189a513beefb5
SHA256: ded1d9b0d44f10db0dcc7b3115cb6bb28a57e0dd651163a93c73ca86e2e3bdf2
Description-en: TeX Live: MetaPost and Metafont packages
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
.
automata -- Finite state machines, graphs and trees in MetaPost.
.
bbcard -- Bullshit bingo, calendar and baseball-score cards.
.
blockdraw_mp -- Block diagrams and bond graphs, with MetaPost.
.
bpolynomial -- Drawing polynomial functions of up to order 3.
.
cmarrows -- MetaPost arrows and braces in the Computer Modern style.
.
drv -- Derivation trees with MetaPost.
.
dviincl -- Include a DVI page into MetaPost output.
.
emp -- "Encapsulate" MetaPost figures in a document.
.
epsincl -- Include EPS in MetaPost figures.
.
expressg -- Diagrams consisting of boxes, lines, and annotations.
.
exteps -- Include EPS figures in MetaPost.
.
featpost -- MetaPost macros for 3D.
.
feynmp-auto -- Automatic processing of feynmp graphics.
.
garrigues -- MetaPost macros for the reproduction of Garrigues' Easter
nomogram.
.
gmp -- Enable integration between MetaPost pictures and LaTeX.
.
hatching -- MetaPost macros for hatching interior of closed paths.
.
latexmp -- Interface for LaTeX-based typesetting in MetaPost
.
mcf2graph -- Draw chemical structure diagrams with Metafont/MetaPost
.
metago -- MetaPost output of Go positions.
.
metaobj -- MetaPost package providing high-level objects.
.
metaplot -- Plot-manipulation macros for use in Metapost.
.
metapost -- A development of Metafont for creating graphics.
.
metauml -- MetaPost library for typesetting UML diagrams.
.
mfpic -- Draw Metafont/post pictures from (La)TeX commands.
.
mfpic4ode -- Macros to draw direction fields and solutions of ODEs.
.
mp3d -- 3D animations.
.
mparrows -- MetaPost module with different types of arrow heads
.
mpattern -- Patterns in MetaPost.
.
mpcolornames -- Extend list of predefined colour names for MetaPost.
.
mpgraphics -- Process and display MetaPost figures inline.
.
piechartmp -- Draw pie-charts using MetaPost.
.
repere -- Diagrams for school mathematics
.
roex --
.
roundrect -- MetaPost macros for highly configurable rounded rectangles
(optionally with text)
.
shapes -- Draw polygons, reentrant stars, and fractions in circles with
Metapost.
.
slideshow -- Generate slideshow with MetaPost.
.
splines -- MetaPost macros for drawing cubic spline interpolants.
.
suanpan -- MetaPost macros for drawing Chinese and Japanese abaci.
.
textpath -- Setting text along a path with MetaPost.
.
threeddice -- Create images of dice with one, two, or three faces showing,
using MetaPost.
Description-md5: b0287bacd8c0beafc9a324954fb7ad27
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu