How To Install antimony on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install antimony on Ubuntu.
What is antimony
antimony is:
Antimony is a computer-aided design (CAD) tool from a parallel universe in which CAD software evolved from Lisp machines rather than drafting tables.
Antimony provides the Python3 Fab that is a set of software tools for personal fabrication, intended for use with machines common to fab labs. For info about Fab visit kokompe.cba.mit.edu/.
There are three methods to install antimony on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install antimony Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install antimony using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install antimony
Install antimony Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install antimony using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install antimony
Install antimony Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install antimony using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install antimony
How To Uninstall antimony on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the antimony package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove antimony
Uninstall antimony And Its Dependencies
To uninstall antimony and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove antimony
Remove antimony Configurations and Data
To remove antimony configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge antimony
Remove antimony configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove antimony configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge antimony
Dependencies
antimony have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install antimony package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.