How To Install TeXstudio on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install TeXstudio on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, TeXstudio is an open-source editor used for creating LaTeX documents. Some of the outstanding features of TeXstudio are an integrated pdf viewer with (almost) word-level synchronization, advanced syntax-highlighting, live checking of references, latex commands, spelling, and grammar.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the TeXstudio editor on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Ubuntu 20.04, 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install TeXstudio on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa

Step 1. First, make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running the following apt commands in the terminal.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2. Installing TeXstudio on Ubuntu 20.04.

• Install TeXstudio from the official source.

By default, TeXstudio is not available on Ubuntu 20.04 base repository. Now run the following command below to download the latest .deb package of TeXstudio from the official page:

wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/jsundermeyer/Debian_11/amd64/texstudio_4.2.2-1+3.3_amd64.deb

Then, run the following commands to and install the Pixeluvo package:

sudo dpkg -i texstudio_4.2.2-1+3.3_amd64.deb

• Install TeXstudio using Ubuntu PPA.

Firstly, open a terminal and add the PPA repository to your system:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sunderme/texstudio

Finally, install TeXstudio using the following command below:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install texstudio

Step 3. Accessing TeXstudio on Ubuntu.

Once successfully installed, run the following path on your desktop to open the path: Activities -> Show Applications -> TeXstudio or launching it through the terminal with the command shown below:

texstudio

Congratulations! You have successfully installed TeXstudio. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing the TeXstudio on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official TeXstudio website.