Why do I have TeXInfo installed all of a sudden?

Question

Running Ubuntu 22.04 fully up to date, I noticed an app I didn't install myself called TeXInfo is now on my system. I assume it got pulled in recently as a dependency from another app or possibly something that got pulled in during an apt upgrade, but I'm not entirely sure.

(1) Does anyone know why or where this got added from and (2) if it's safe to remove or not? Please let me know, thank you.

Related: Can I see why a package is installed? – steeldriver Oct 14 '22 at 01:12 — steeldriver, Oct 14 '22 at 01:12
Did you recently install LaTeX? – Archisman Panigrahi Oct 14 '22 at 03:23 — Archisman Panigrahi, Oct 14 '22 at 03:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '22 at 08:34

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The command

apt-cache rdepends texinfo

will show you which packages require texinfo to be installed. This will make clear why this package now is on your system.

answered Oct 14 '22 at 08:34

vanadium

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Why do I have TeXInfo installed all of a sudden?

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