diff --git a/build/pkgs/_recommended/distros/debian.txt b/build/pkgs/_recommended/distros/debian.txt
index 11a7927b3f2..8041435c58d 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/_recommended/distros/debian.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/_recommended/distros/debian.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # From https://wiki.sagemath.org/prerequisitesUbuntu
 
 # to generate pdf documentation
-texlive-plain-generic
+texlive-latex-extra
 # to convert Jupyter notebooks to pdf
 texlive-xetex
 # to generate pdf documentation