How To Install xyscan 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 xyscan on Ubuntu.

What is `xyscan`

xyscan is:

xyscan is a tool for the scientist in the need to extract data points, i.e. numeric values, from a plot. It allows you to scan the plots and extract data points including the size of the error bars (both in x and y). It can handle plots with linear and logarithmic scales. In fact xyscan can be used for extracting numeric values from any kind of 2D technical drawings.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xyscan

Install xyscan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xyscan

Install xyscan 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 xyscan using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xyscan

How To Uninstall xyscan on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove xyscan

Uninstall xyscan And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xyscan

Remove xyscan Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xyscan

Remove xyscan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xyscan

Dependencies

xyscan have the following dependencies:

References

xyscan website

Summary

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