How To Install gdspy-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdspy-common
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gdspy-common
gdspy-common is:
Gdspy is a Python module for creating/importing/merging GDSII stream files. It includes key libraries for creating complex CAD layouts.
Features:
- Boolean operations on polygons (AND, OR, NOT, XOR) based on clipping algorithm
- Polygon offset (inward and outward rescaling of polygons)
- Efficient point-in-polygon solutions for large array sets
This package contains arch-independent images which are needed by both python-gdspy and python3-gdspy.
There are three methods to install gdspy-common
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 gdspy-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gdspy-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdspy-common
Install gdspy-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gdspy-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdspy-common
Install gdspy-common 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 gdspy-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdspy-common
How To Uninstall gdspy-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gdspy-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdspy-common
Uninstall gdspy-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdspy-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdspy-common
Remove gdspy-common Configurations and Data
To remove gdspy-common
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdspy-common
Remove gdspy-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gdspy-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdspy-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdspy-common
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.