How To Install kanji-config-updmap-user on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install texlive-lang-japanese

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is kanji-config-updmap-user and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install kanji-config-updmap-user on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install kanji-config-updmap-user using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install kanji-config-updmap-user using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install texlive-lang-japanese

Install kanji-config-updmap-user using apt

Because kanji-config-updmap-user is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install kanji-config-updmap-user using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install texlive-lang-japanese

Install kanji-config-updmap-user 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 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install kanji-config-updmap-user by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install texlive-lang-japanese

How to upgrade (update) a single package kanji-config-updmap-user using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the kanji-config-updmap-user, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install texlive-lang-japanese

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install texlive-lang-japanese

How To Uninstall kanji-config-updmap-user from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the kanji-config-updmap-user package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove texlive-lang-japanese

Uninstall kanji-config-updmap-user and all its dependencies

To uninstall kanji-config-updmap-user and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-lang-japanese

Remove kanji-config-updmap-user with all configurations and data

To remove kanji-config-updmap-user configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-lang-japanese

Remove kanji-config-updmap-user completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to kanji-config-updmap-user package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-lang-japanese

Extra info and code examples

Support for Japanese; additional packages in collection-langcjk. This package includes the following CTAN packages: ascmac -- Boxes and picture macros with Japanese vertical writing support babel-japanese -- Babel support for Japanese bxbase -- BX bundle base components bxcjkjatype -- Typeset Japanese with pdfLaTeX and CJK bxjalipsum -- Dummy text in Japanese bxjaprnind -- Adjust the position of parentheses at paragraph head bxjscls -- Japanese document class collection for all major engines bxorigcapt -- To retain the original caption names when using Babel bxwareki -- Convert dates from Gregorian to Japanase calender convbkmk -- Correct platex/uplatex bookmarks in PDF created with hyperref endnotesj -- Japanese-style endnotes gentombow -- Generate Japanese-style crop marks ifptex -- Check if the engine is pTeX or one of its derivatives ifxptex -- Detect pTeX and its derivatives ipaex -- IPA (Japanese) fonts japanese-otf -- Advanced font selection for platex and its friends japanese-otf-uptex -- Support for Japanese OTF files in upLaTeX jlreq -- Japanese document class based on requirements for Japanese text layout jsclasses -- Classes tailored for use with Japanese lshort-japanese -- Japanese version of A Short Introduction to LaTeX2e luatexja -- Typeset Japanese with Lua(La)TeX mendex-doc -- Documentation for Mendex index processor morisawa -- Enables selection of 5 standard Japanese fonts for pLaTeX + dvips pbibtex-base -- Bibliography styles and miscellaneous files for pBibTeX platex -- pLaTeX2e and miscellaneous macros for pTeX platex-tools -- pLaTeX standard tools bundle platexcheat -- A LaTeX cheat sheet, in Japanese plautopatch -- Automated patches for pLaTeX/upLaTeX ptex -- A TeX system for publishing in Japanese ptex-base -- Plain TeX format and documents for pTeX and e-pTeX ptex-fontmaps -- Font maps and configuration tools for Japanese/Chinese/Korean fonts with (u)ptex ptex-fonts -- Fonts for use with pTeX ptex-manual -- Japanese pTeX manual ptex2pdf -- Convert Japanese TeX documents to PDF pxbase -- Tools for use with (u)pLaTeX pxchfon -- Japanese font setup for pLaTeX and upLaTeX pxcjkcat -- LaTeX interface for the CJK category codes of upTeX pxjahyper -- Hyperref support for pLaTeX pxrubrica -- Ruby annotations according to JIS X 4051 pxufont -- Emulate non-Unicode Japanese fonts using Unicode fonts uplatex -- pLaTeX2e and miscellaneous macros for upTeX uptex -- Unicode version of pTeX uptex-base -- Plain TeX format and documents for upTeX uptex-fonts -- Fonts for use with upTeX zxjafbfont -- Fallback CJK font support for xeCJK zxjatype -- Standard conforming typesetting of Japanese, for XeLaTeX

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install kanji-config-updmap-user using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the kanji-config-updmap-user from Ubuntu 22.04.

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