How To Install grap on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grap on Debian 12.
What is grap
grap is:
This is grap, an implementation of Kernighan and Bentley’s grap language for typesetting graphs. The grap preprocessor works with pic and troff (or groff).
Grap is a language for describing graphical displays of data. It provides such services as automatic scaling and labeling of axes, and for statements, if statements, and macros to facilitate user programmability. Grap is intended primarily for including graphs in documents prepared with groff or TeX, and is only marginally useful for elementary tasks in data analysis.
There are three methods to install grap 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 grap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grap
Install grap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grap
Install grap 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 grap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grap
How To Uninstall grap on Debian 12
To uninstall only the grap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grap
Uninstall grap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grap
Remove grap Configurations and Data
To remove grap configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grap
Remove grap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grap
Dependencies
grap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grap package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.