How To Install asymptote 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 asymptote on Ubuntu.
What is asymptote
asymptote is:
Asymptote is a powerful script-based vector graphics language for technical drawings, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text.
There are three methods to install asymptote 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 asymptote Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install asymptote using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install asymptote
Install asymptote Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install asymptote using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install asymptote
Install asymptote 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 asymptote using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install asymptote
How To Uninstall asymptote on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the asymptote package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove asymptote
Uninstall asymptote And Its Dependencies
To uninstall asymptote and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove asymptote
Remove asymptote Configurations and Data
To remove asymptote configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge asymptote
Remove asymptote configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove asymptote configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge asymptote
Dependencies
asymptote have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install asymptote package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.