Related: install LaTeX editor on Windows

On many Linux systems (including Windows Subsystem for Linux), getting started with LaTeX is easiest with TeXstudio:

apt install texstudio

A couple popular packages used in general for LaTeX are obtained via apt install or similar:

• Biblatex: texlive-bibtex-extra
• XeTeX: texlive-xetex
• FontAwesome (for popular emoji and website icons): texlive-fonts-extra
• Science e.g. \usepackage{siunitx}:texlive-science`

Optional: latest version

To use the latest version of TeXstudio:

1. download TeXstudio

2. remove existing old TeXstudio

   apt remove texstudio texstudio-data

3. install latest TeXstudio that you downloaded

   gdebi texstudio*amd64.deb