How To Install libwxsvg-tools 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 libwxsvg-tools on Ubuntu.
What is libwxsvg-tools
libwxsvg-tools is:
wxSVG is a C++ library to create, manipulate and render Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files with the wxWidgets toolkit.
This package contains the svgviewer tool
There are three methods to install libwxsvg-tools 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 libwxsvg-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwxsvg-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwxsvg-tools
Install libwxsvg-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwxsvg-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwxsvg-tools
Install libwxsvg-tools 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 libwxsvg-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwxsvg-tools
How To Uninstall libwxsvg-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libwxsvg-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwxsvg-tools
Uninstall libwxsvg-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwxsvg-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwxsvg-tools
Remove libwxsvg-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libwxsvg-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwxsvg-tools
Remove libwxsvg-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwxsvg-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwxsvg-tools
Dependencies
libwxsvg-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwxsvg-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.