Install texlive-lang-french on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install texlive-lang-french

Learn how to install texlive-lang-french with the command sudo apt-get install texlive-lang-french on Ubuntus.


 

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Quick installation of texlive-lang-french:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: texlive-lang-french

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

	sudo apt-get install texlive-lang-french

Package Details

Package:texlive-lang-french
Version:2009-3
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://www.tug.org/texlive
Description:TeX Live: French Support for typesetting French. . This package includes the following CTAN packages: aeguill -- Add several kinds of guillemets to the ae fonts. bib-fr -- French translation of classical BibTeX styles frenchle -- French macros, usable stand-alone or with Babel. frletter -- Typeset letters in the French style. mafr -- Mathematics in accord with French usage. tabvar -- Typesetting tables showing variations of functions. tdsfrmath -- Macros for French teachers of mathematics. variations -- Typeset tables of variations of functions. hyphen-basque -- Hyphenation for Basque. hyphen-french -- Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive
Distro:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:tex

How to install texlive-lang-french on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

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 texlive-lang-french is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L texlive-lang-french' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L texlive-lang-french
Package `texlive-lang-french' 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 texlive-lang-french:

After system update use the following command to install texlive-lang-french:

sudo apt-get install texlive-lang-french

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 texlive-lang-french from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the texlive-lang-french 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 texlive-lang-french following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  texlive-lang-french

Following command is used to remove the texlive-lang-french package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove texlive-lang-french

This will remove texlive-lang-french and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing texlive-lang-french with all configuration files:

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

sudo apt-get purge texlive-lang-french

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove texlive-lang-french

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