How To Install qsapecng on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qsapecng on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is qsapecng
qsapecng is:
This program consists of two independent parts: the SapecNG framework engine and the GUI application QSapecNG.
QSapecNG is an open source, multi-platform project, continuously enhanced by students and researchers of the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications (DET) of the University of Florence (Italy). It comes as continuation of SapWin for Windows, in order to give to the project a full compatibility on other platforms.
Through SapecNG/QSapecNG users can draw, solve and analyze analog circuits as well as manage them. Since version 2.0.0beta1 there is also the full support for sub-circuits that can be created, saved, reopened and added as part of other circuits.
SapecNG/QSapecNG is freely available on GitHub https://github.com/skypjack/qsapecng. A previous version of SapecNG is available on GitHub too https://github.com/skypjack/sapecng.
There are three methods to install qsapecng 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 qsapecng Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qsapecng using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qsapecng
Install qsapecng Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qsapecng using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qsapecng
Install qsapecng 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 qsapecng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qsapecng
How To Uninstall qsapecng on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qsapecng package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qsapecng
Uninstall qsapecng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qsapecng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qsapecng
Remove qsapecng Configurations and Data
To remove qsapecng configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qsapecng
Remove qsapecng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qsapecng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qsapecng
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qsapecng package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
