How To Install inkscape-survex-export on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inkscape-survex-export
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is inkscape-survex-export
inkscape-survex-export is:
This plugin is a tool for cave surveyors. It enables you to regenerate survex centreline date for caves when you only have a drawn-up paper survey available. You import the survey image into inkscape, then draw on the scale, orientation (e.g. north arrow or grid), and centreline(s) in different colours. The tool then parses these and generates a correctly scaled and oriented .svx file. It generates multiple surveys for multiple paths, including necessary equates. The output survey file is flat as there is (as yet) no mechanism to input height data.
There are three methods to install inkscape-survex-export
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 inkscape-survex-export Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install inkscape-survex-export
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inkscape-survex-export
Install inkscape-survex-export Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inkscape-survex-export
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inkscape-survex-export
Install inkscape-survex-export 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 inkscape-survex-export
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inkscape-survex-export
How To Uninstall inkscape-survex-export on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the inkscape-survex-export
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inkscape-survex-export
Uninstall inkscape-survex-export And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inkscape-survex-export
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inkscape-survex-export
Remove inkscape-survex-export Configurations and Data
To remove inkscape-survex-export
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inkscape-survex-export
Remove inkscape-survex-export configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inkscape-survex-export
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inkscape-survex-export
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inkscape-survex-export
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.