Installing Latex in Ubuntu

Cited from http://linuxandfriends.com/install-latex-in-ubuntu-linux/

In Ubuntu Linux, you have to first install LaTeX to use it. This is how LaTeX is installed in Ubuntu.$ sudo apt-get install texlive

The above command will install a basic subset of TeX Live’s functionality. To install all the packages in the LaTeX distribution, you have to run the following command.$ sudo apt-get install texlive-full

Gedit has a plugin for LaTeX which converts Gedit into a LaTeX editor. You can install the Gedit LaTeX plugin as follows :
$ sudo apt-get install gedit-latex-plugin

To install additional latex packages such as Prosper
$ sudo apt-get install Prosper