How To Install usvg on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 394 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usvg on Ubuntu.
What is usvg
usvg is:
usvg is a command-line utility to simplify SVG files based on a static SVG Full 1.1 subset. It converts an input SVG to an extremely simple representation, which is still a valid SVG:
- No basic shapes (rect, circle, etc), only paths
- Only simple paths
- All supported attributes are resolved
- Invisible elements are removed
- Comments will be removed
- DTD will be resolved
- CSS will be resolved
and so on.
There are three methods to install usvg 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 usvg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usvg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usvg
Install usvg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usvg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usvg
Install usvg 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 usvg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usvg
How To Uninstall usvg on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the usvg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usvg
Uninstall usvg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usvg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usvg
Remove usvg Configurations and Data
To remove usvg configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usvg
Remove usvg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usvg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usvg
Dependencies
usvg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usvg package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.