How To Install autodia on Debian 12

Learn how to install autodia on Debian 12 with this tutorial. autodia is generates Dia UML diagrams from source code, XML or data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install autodia on Debian 12.

What is autodia

autodia is:

AutoDia (Automatic Dia XML) is a modular application that parses source code, XML or data and produces an XML document in Dia format[1] (or images via graphviz and vcg).

Its goal is to be a UML/DB Schema diagram autocreation package. The diagrams its creates are standard UML diagrams showing dependencies, superclasses, packages, classes and inheritances, as well as the methods, etc of each class.

AutoDia supports any language that a Handler has been written for - see below for an up to date list.

Autodia now outputs the following formats:

  • Graphviz (using dot to generate jpg, png, etc)
  • dot
  • vcg
  • xvcg (using xvcg to output postscript, etc )
  • dia (using a new custom directed graph algorithm to layout diagrams)
  • HTML/XML/Anything (if you write your own template)
  • Experimental SpringGraph (native perl directed graphs similar to graphviz) now included
  • Experimental Umbrello XML/XMI (requires fixing)

Autodia now parses the following forms of input:

  • Perl
  • Python
  • PHP
  • Java (some issues with version 1.4) no longer fully supported (it used to work, Java broke its API’s now it doesn’t, fixes welcome)
  • C++
  • Torque (XML DB schema)
  • DBI (perl database interface handles)
  • SQL
  • Umbrello (experimental)

[1] For more information about Dia, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia_(software)

There are three methods to install autodia on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install autodia Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install autodia

Install autodia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install autodia

Install autodia 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 autodia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install autodia

How To Uninstall autodia on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove autodia

Uninstall autodia And Its Dependencies

To uninstall autodia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove autodia

Remove autodia Configurations and Data

To remove autodia configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge autodia

Remove autodia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autodia

Dependencies

autodia have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install autodia package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.