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Quick installation of texlive-xetex:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: texlive-xetex
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install texlive-xetex
Package Details | |
| Package: | texlive-xetex |
| Version: | 2009-15 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.tug.org/texlive/ |
| Description: | TeX Live: XeTeX packages Packages for XeTeX, the Unicode/OpenType-enabled TeX by Jonathan Kew, http://scripts.sil.org/xetex. . This package includes the following CTAN packages: arabxetex -- An ArabTeX-like interface for XeLaTeX. euenc -- Unicode font encoding definitions for XeTeX. bidi -- Support for bidirectional typesetting with XeLaTeX. fontspec -- An automatic interface to feature-rich fonts in XeLaTeX. fontwrap -- Bind fonts to specific unicode blocks. harvardkyoto -- XeTeX input map for Unicode Devanagari. mathspec -- Specify arbitrary fonts for mathematics in XeTeX. philokalia -- A font to typeset the Philokalia Books. polyglossia -- Modern multilingual typesetting with XeLaTeX. xecjk -- Support for CJK documents in XeLaTeX. xecolour -- Support for colour in XeLaTeX. xecyr -- Using Cyrillic languages in XeTeX. xepersian -- Persian for LaTeX over XeTeX. xetex -- xetex-def -- Colour and graphics support for XeTeX. xetex-pstricks -- Running PStricks under XeTeX. xetexconfig -- xetexfontinfo -- Report font features in XeTeX. xltxtra -- "Extras" for LaTeX users of XeTeX. xunicode -- Generate Unicode characters from accented glyphs. Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/ |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/tex |
How to install texlive-xetex 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-xetex is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L texlive-xetex' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L texlive-xetex Package `texlive-xetex' 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-xetex:
After system update use the following command to install texlive-xetex:
sudo apt-get install texlive-xetex
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-xetex from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the texlive-xetex 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-xetex following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-xetex
Following command is used to remove the texlive-xetex package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove texlive-xetex
This will remove texlive-xetex and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing texlive-xetex 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-xetex
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove texlive-xetex
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with texlive-xetex package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
