How To Install ipe on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipe on Debian 11. ipe is drawing editor for creating figures in PDF or PS formats

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipe on Debian 11.

What is ipe

ipe is:

Ipe supports making small figures for inclusion into LaTeX documents as well as making multi-page PDF presentations Ipe’s main features are:

  • Entry of text as LaTeX source code. This makes it easy to enter mathematical expressions, and to reuse the LaTeX-macros of the main document. In the display text is displayed as it will appear in the figure.
  • Produces pure Postscript/PDF, including the text. Ipe converts the LaTeX-source to PDF or Postscript when the file is saved.
  • It is easy to align objects with respect to each other (for instance, to place a point on the intersection of two lines, or to draw a circle through three given points) using various snapping modes.
  • Users can provide ipelets (Ipe plug-ins) to add functionality to Ipe. This way, Ipe can be extended for each task at hand.
  • The text model is based on Unicode, and has been tested with Korean, Chinese, and Japanese.

Package lua5.3 is recommended if using Ipe with LaTeX.

Package texlive-latex-recommended enables unicode text entry (for accented characters).

There are three methods to install ipe on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ipe Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ipe

Install ipe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ipe

Install ipe 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install ipe

How To Uninstall ipe on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove ipe

Uninstall ipe And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ipe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ipe

Remove ipe Configurations and Data

To remove ipe configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ipe

Remove ipe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ipe

Dependencies

ipe have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipe package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.