Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bibtex2html on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is bibtex2html
bibtex2html is:
Collection of tools for filtering BibTeX data bases and for producing
HTML documents from BibTeX data bases:
-
aux2bib extracts a BibTeX database consisting of only the entries
that are refereed by an aux file. -
bib2bib is a filter tool that reads one or several bibliography
files, filters the entries with respect to a given criterion, and
outputs the list of selected keys together with a new bibliography
file containing only the selected entries; -
bibtex2html is a translator that reads a bibliography file and
outputs two HTML documents that are respectively the cited
bibliography in a nice presentation, and the original BibTeX file
augmented with several transparent HTML links to allow easy
navigation.
There are three methods to install bibtex2html on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bibtex2html Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bibtex2html using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bibtex2html
Install bibtex2html Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bibtex2html using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bibtex2html
Install bibtex2html Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bibtex2html using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bibtex2html
How To Uninstall bibtex2html on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the bibtex2html package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bibtex2html
Uninstall bibtex2html And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bibtex2html and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bibtex2html
Remove bibtex2html Configurations and Data
To remove bibtex2html configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bibtex2html
Remove bibtex2html configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bibtex2html configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bibtex2html
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bibtex2html package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
