How can I install and uninstall TeXLive in Ubuntu?

Installation

sudo apt-get install perl-tk
wget http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz
tar xvfz install-tl-unx.tar.gz
sudo ./install-tl<tab>/install-tl -gui

Select the following two options:

• Use the letter size instead of the default A4 size.
• Create symlinks in system directories.

The installer asks about the following directories. Leave the default settings.

TEXDIR=/usr/local/texlive/<year>
TEXMFLOCAL=/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local
TEXMFSYSVAR=/usr/local/texlive/<year>/texmf-var
TEXMFSYSCONFIG=/usr/local/texlive/<year>/texmf-config
TEXMFHOME=~/texmf

The installer says the following, but the symlinks are enough.

Add /usr/local/texlive/20xy/texmf/doc/man to MANPATH.

Add /usr/local/texlive/20xy/texmf/doc/info to INFOPATH.

Most importantly, add /usr/local/texlive/20xy/bin/x86_64-linux.

Uninstallation

sudo tlmgr uninstall
rm -rf /usr/local/texlive

References

• http://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html
• http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html