Install biblatex on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install biblatex

Learn how to install biblatex with the command sudo apt-get install biblatex on Ubuntus.


 

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Quick installation of biblatex:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: biblatex

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install biblatex

Package Details

Package:biblatex
Version:1.7-1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html
Description:Bibliographies for LaTeX The biblatex package is a complete reimplementation of the bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX in conjunction with BibTeX. It redesigns the way in which LaTeX interacts with BibTeX at a fairly fundamental level. With biblatex, BibTeX is only used to sort the bibliography and to generate labels. Instead of being implemented in BibTeX's style files, the formatting of the bibliography is entirely controlled by TeX macros. Good working knowledge in LaTeX should be sufficient to design new bibliography and citation styles — there is no need to learn BibTeX’s postfix stack language. Just like the bibliography styles, all citation commands may be freely (re)defined. Homepage: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html
Distro:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:universe/tex

How to install biblatex on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Install biblatex on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install biblatex

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If biblatex is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L biblatex' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L biblatex
Package `biblatex' is not installed.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing biblatex:

After system update use the following command to install biblatex:

sudo apt-get install biblatex

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove biblatex from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the biblatex from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the biblatex following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  biblatex

Following command is used to remove the biblatex package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove biblatex

This will remove biblatex and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing biblatex with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge biblatex

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove biblatex

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with biblatex package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.