How To Install dia on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dia on Ubuntu 20.04. dia is Diagram editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dia on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is dia

dia is:

Dia is an editor for diagrams, graphs, charts etc. There is support for UML static structure diagrams (class diagrams), Entity-Relationship diagrams, network diagrams and much more. Diagrams can be exported to postscript and many other formats.

There are three methods to install dia on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dia Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dia

Install dia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dia

Install dia 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 dia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dia

How To Uninstall dia on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove dia

Uninstall dia And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dia

Remove dia Configurations and Data

To remove dia configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dia

Remove dia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dia

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dia package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.