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How to Install LateXilla on Linux mint 18.03

To Install LateXilla on Linux mint 18.03

LaTeXila is a free editor that allows you to compile, convert and view documents on the GNOME desktop. It works with the Latex command and edits document easily. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of LateXilla editor on Linux mint 18.03.

Installation

Let's first start with updating the system repositories.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                               
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                            
Ign:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                                  
Hit:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release                                             
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease \[107 kB\]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease \[109 kB\]            
Hit:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Fetched 216 kB in 1s (155 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Install the LateXilla application run the following command.

linuxhelp ~ # apt-get install latexila
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  latexila-data libgtkspell3-3-0
Recommended packages:
  latexmk texlive
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  latexila latexila-data libgtkspell3-3-0
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 400 not upgraded.
Need to get 662 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,338 kB of additional disk space will be used.
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Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up latexila-data (3.16.1-1) ...
Setting up libgtkspell3-3-0:amd64 (3.0.7-2) ...
Setting up latexila (3.16.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...

Once Installation is done you can access the application from the Menu as shown here

Now, you can able to use the LateXilla application.

The version of Late xilla.

With this, the installation of LateXilla on Linux mint-18.03 comes to an end.

Tag : Text Editor Linux Mint
FAQ
Q
What is LateXilla?
A
LaTeXila is an open source and freely distributed software project that acts as a standalone and feature-complete LaTeX editor designed especially for the GNOME desktop environment, running on any GNU/Linux operating system.
Q
What are the features of GNOME-related projects?
A
Author: GNOME LaTeX, gspell, Tepl, Amtk, gCSVedit, gnome-c-utils, a guide to get started with GLib/GTK+ and a brochure on GLib/GTK+.

Maintainer: GtkSourceView and Devhelp

Contributor: gedit, GTK+ and other modules.
Q
What are the GNOME-LaTeX features?
A
The features are,
Customizable one-click buttons to build, view and convert documents
Auto-completion of (La)TeX commands
Graphical lists of symbols for easy insertion
Templates for new document creation
Project management
Summary of the document structure
Q
Is there any alternatives for LateXilla?
A
The alternatives are,
TeXstudio
Texmaker
Overleaf
Q
How to Install latexila software package in Debian 9?
A
Run the following command:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install latexila-data