How To Install gdspy-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install gdspy-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gdspy-doc is Documentation for gdspy (Python library for GDSII handling)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdspy-doc on Debian 12.

What is gdspy-doc

gdspy-doc 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 is the common documentation package containing HTML pages and the man page.

There are three methods to install gdspy-doc 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 gdspy-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gdspy-doc

Install gdspy-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gdspy-doc

Install gdspy-doc 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 gdspy-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gdspy-doc

How To Uninstall gdspy-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the gdspy-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gdspy-doc

Uninstall gdspy-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdspy-doc

Remove gdspy-doc Configurations and Data

To remove gdspy-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gdspy-doc

Remove gdspy-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdspy-doc

Dependencies

gdspy-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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