How To Install python3-svglib on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 392 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-svglib on Ubuntu.
What is python3-svglib
python3-svglib is:
Used as a package you can read existing SVG files and convert them into ReportLab Drawing objects that can be used in a variety of contexts, e.g. as ReportLab Platypus Flowable objects or in RML. As a command-line tool it converts SVG files into PDF ones (but adding other output formats like bitmap or EPS is really easy and will be better supported, soon).
There are three methods to install python3-svglib 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 python3-svglib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-svglib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-svglib
Install python3-svglib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-svglib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-svglib
Install python3-svglib 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 python3-svglib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-svglib
How To Uninstall python3-svglib on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-svglib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-svglib
Uninstall python3-svglib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-svglib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-svglib
Remove python3-svglib Configurations and Data
To remove python3-svglib configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-svglib
Remove python3-svglib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-svglib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-svglib
Dependencies
python3-svglib have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-svglib package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.