How To Install qelectrotech 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 qelectrotech on Ubuntu.

What is `qelectrotech`

qelectrotech is:

QElectroTech is a Qt5 application written in C++ . This program helps you to design electrical schematic diagrams. It includes a schematic editor, an element editor, and a titleblock editor. It uses XML files to store the produced contents.

There are three methods to install qelectrotech 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 qelectrotech Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qelectrotech using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qelectrotech

Install qelectrotech Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qelectrotech using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qelectrotech

Install qelectrotech 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 qelectrotech using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qelectrotech

How To Uninstall qelectrotech on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the qelectrotech package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qelectrotech

Uninstall qelectrotech And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qelectrotech and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qelectrotech

Remove qelectrotech Configurations and Data

To remove qelectrotech configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qelectrotech

Remove qelectrotech configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qelectrotech configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qelectrotech

Dependencies

qelectrotech have the following dependencies:

References

qelectrotech website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qelectrotech package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.