How To Install gwave on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gwave on Debian 9.
What is gwave
gwave is:
Gwave is a tool for viewing analog data, such as the output of Spice simulations.
Gwave can read “raw” files from spice2G6, spice3F5 or ngspice, and a tabular ASCII format suitable for use with GnuCAP or homegrown tools. It can also read several binary and ascii files written by commercial spice-type simulators such as hspice, tspice, and nanosim.
It supports multiple “panels” (graticules) with multiple variables displayed in each. Two vertical-bar cursors are available for time-difference measurements. Multiple files can be loaded, for comparing results of several simulations.
There are three methods to install gwave on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gwave Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gwave using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gwave
Install gwave Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gwave using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gwave
Install gwave 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 gwave using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gwave
How To Uninstall gwave on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gwave package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gwave
Uninstall gwave And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gwave and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gwave
Remove gwave Configurations and Data
To remove gwave configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gwave
Remove gwave configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gwave configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gwave
Dependencies
gwave have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gwave package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.