[Tex/LaTex] Does TeXLive2013 need any special install instructions

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When I installed TeXLive2012 on Linux some time ago, I had to follow How to install "vanilla" TeXLive on Debian or Ubuntu?. For the new release, as of yesterday, will I need to mimic the procedure from 2012 or can it be done in an easier fashion this time? Or does it have to be installed in an entirely different way?

Edit 2:

After uninstalling:

Setting up tex-common (3.15) ...
Directory /etc/texmf/ not writeable. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing tex-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tex-common
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Edit 3:

Now, whenever I run commands in the terminal, I receive this:

Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
Setting up tex-common (3.15) ...
Directory /etc/texmf/ not writeable. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing tex-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 tex-common

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up tex-common (3.15) ...
Directory /etc/texmf/ not writeable. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing tex-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tex-common

This occurred when I ran sudo aptitude update and then running upgrade. I followed everything from cmhughes link on removing TeXLive.

Best Answer

If you follow How to remove everything related to TeX Live for fresh install on Ubuntu? and receive the problem I have had, you need to do this:

sudo apt-get remove tex-common --purge

This will remove whatever hidden dependency that remains and then tries to reinstall later if you run and apt-get upgrade or aptitude upgrade.

Then I followed: How to install "vanilla" TeXLive on Debian or Ubuntu?

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