How To Install kic 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 kic on Ubuntu.
What is kic
kic is:
This is an interactive graphical editor for drawing patterns used to generate photomasks for lithography (production of integrated circuits).
There are three methods to install kic 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 kic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kic
Install kic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kic
Install kic 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 kic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kic
How To Uninstall kic on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the kic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kic
Uninstall kic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kic
Remove kic Configurations and Data
To remove kic configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kic
Remove kic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kic
Dependencies
kic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kic package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.