How To Install ipe5toxml on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipe5toxml on Debian 11. ipe5toxml is converts Ipe5 figures to an XML file readable by Ipe

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipe5toxml on Debian 11.

What is ipe5toxml

ipe5toxml is:

Converts figures that were made with Ipe 5 to the format understood by Ipe 6. You can then run ipe6upgrade (from package ipe) to convert them to Ipe 7 format. Ipe is a drawing editor for creating figures, provided in package ipe.

There are three methods to install ipe5toxml 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 ipe5toxml Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ipe5toxml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ipe5toxml

Install ipe5toxml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ipe5toxml using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ipe5toxml

Install ipe5toxml 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 ipe5toxml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ipe5toxml

How To Uninstall ipe5toxml on Debian 11

To uninstall only the ipe5toxml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ipe5toxml

Uninstall ipe5toxml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ipe5toxml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ipe5toxml

Remove ipe5toxml Configurations and Data

To remove ipe5toxml configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ipe5toxml

Remove ipe5toxml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ipe5toxml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ipe5toxml

Dependencies

ipe5toxml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipe5toxml package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.