How To Install kgraphviewer-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kgraphviewer-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kgraphviewer-dev
kgraphviewer-dev is:
KGraphViewer is a GraphViz dot graph viewer. The graphviz program suite is a free software set of layout engines for graphs. They are commonly used in scientific domains and particularly in computer science. But until now there was a lack of a GUI to look at the graphs. Programs provided with GraphViz are: I feel, out of date X11, or Tcl/Tk applications with few Functionalities. KGraphViewer is aimed at replacing these tools with a modern user-friendly GUI will all the power of a well integrated KDE application.
There are three methods to install kgraphviewer-dev
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kgraphviewer-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kgraphviewer-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kgraphviewer-dev
Install kgraphviewer-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kgraphviewer-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kgraphviewer-dev
Install kgraphviewer-dev 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 kgraphviewer-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kgraphviewer-dev
How To Uninstall kgraphviewer-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kgraphviewer-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kgraphviewer-dev
Uninstall kgraphviewer-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kgraphviewer-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kgraphviewer-dev
Remove kgraphviewer-dev Configurations and Data
To remove kgraphviewer-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kgraphviewer-dev
Remove kgraphviewer-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kgraphviewer-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kgraphviewer-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kgraphviewer-dev
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.