Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kbibtex on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is kbibtex
kbibtex is:
An application to manage bibliography databases in the BibTeX format. KBibTeX
can be used as a standalone program, but can also be embedded into other KDE
applications (e.g. as bibliography editor into Kile).
KBibTeX can query online resources (e.g. Google scholar) via customizable
search URLs. It is also able to import complete datasets from NCBI Pubmed.
It also supports tagging references with keywords and manages references to
local files.
BibTeX files can be exported into HTML, XML, PDF, PS and RTF format using a
number of citation styles.
There are three methods to install kbibtex on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kbibtex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kbibtex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kbibtex
Install kbibtex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kbibtex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kbibtex
Install kbibtex 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 kbibtex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kbibtex
How To Uninstall kbibtex on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the kbibtex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kbibtex
Uninstall kbibtex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kbibtex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kbibtex
Remove kbibtex Configurations and Data
To remove kbibtex configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kbibtex
Remove kbibtex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kbibtex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kbibtex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kbibtex package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
