How To Install xschem on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xschem
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is xschem
xschem is:
Xschem is a schematic capture program, it allows creation of hierarchical representation of circuits with a top down approach. By focusing on interfaces, hierarchy and instance properties a complex system can be described in terms of simpler building blocks. A VHDL or Verilog or Spice netlist can be generated from the drawn schematic, allowing the simulation of the circuit. Key feature of the program is its drawing engine written in C and using directly the Xlib drawing primitives; this gives very good speed performance, even on very big circuits. The user interface is built with the Tcl-Tk toolkit, tcl is also the extension language used.
There are three methods to install xschem
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xschem Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xschem
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xschem
Install xschem Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xschem
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xschem
Install xschem 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 xschem
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xschem
How To Uninstall xschem on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the xschem
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xschem
Uninstall xschem And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xschem
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xschem
Remove xschem Configurations and Data
To remove xschem
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xschem
Remove xschem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xschem
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xschem
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xschem
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.