How To Install ivtools-bin on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ivtools-bin on Ubuntu 18.04. ivtools-bin is Drawing Editors evolved from idraw

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ivtools-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ivtools-bin

ivtools-bin is:

InterViews is written in C++ and portable to several different Unix platforms. Applications written with the InterViews library can be configured to provide a special “Look and Feel”, such as SGI-Motif and normal Motif. This package contains mainly drawing programs written using the InterViews library: idraw, a basic vector graphics editor, graphdraw, flipbook, a vector graphics animation tool, a vector graphics server, and some small sample programs like dclock.

There are three methods to install ivtools-bin on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ivtools-bin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ivtools-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ivtools-bin

Install ivtools-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ivtools-bin

Install ivtools-bin 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 ivtools-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ivtools-bin

How To Uninstall ivtools-bin on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ivtools-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ivtools-bin

Uninstall ivtools-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ivtools-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ivtools-bin

Remove ivtools-bin Configurations and Data

To remove ivtools-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ivtools-bin

Remove ivtools-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ivtools-bin

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ivtools-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.