Removing TeX Live

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I want to update my TeX Live 2009 to 2012. I want a fresh install and would like to remove TeX Live 2009 on my ubuntu. How should I remove TeX Live using my terminal?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 02 '12 at 23:15

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To remove Tex Live, type the following in a console:

sudo apt-get remove texlive

answered Oct 02 '12 at 23:15

LnxSlck

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It gives me "Package texlive is not installed, so not removed". But I am still able to compile my tex files using pdflatex command? – Oct 02 '12 at 23:19
Type `sudo apt-cache search tex*` then show us the resulting packages – LnxSlck Oct 02 '12 at 23:30
Ok. I did sudo apt-get remove texlive-* and not pdflatex doesn't work. Thanks – Oct 02 '12 at 23:36

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 04 '13 at 19:19

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For me, LnxSlck's solution seemed somehow insufficient. I then did a apt-get purge texlive-base (though not sure if I should have) and then apt-get autoclean and then I was totally texlive free.

answered Oct 04 '13 at 19:19

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