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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?

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

sudo apt-get remove texlive
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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? – user17762 Oct 2 '12 at 23:19
Type sudo apt-cache search tex* then show us the resulting packages – LnxSlck Oct 2 '12 at 23:30
Ok. I did sudo apt-get remove texlive-* and not pdflatex doesn't work. Thanks – user17762 Oct 2 '12 at 23:36

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