How To Install kgraphviewer-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kgraphviewer-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kgraphviewer-dbg
kgraphviewer-dbg is:
KGraphViewer is a GraphViz dot graph viewer for KDE 4. The graphviz program suite is a free software set of layout engines for graphs. They are commonly used in scientific domains and particularly in computer science. But until now there was a lack of a GUI to look at the graphs. Programs provided with GraphViz are: I feel, out of date X11, or Tcl/Tk applications with few Functionalities. KGraphViewer is aimed at replacing these tools with a modern user-friendly GUI will all the power of a well integrated KDE application.
There are three methods to install kgraphviewer-dbg 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 kgraphviewer-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kgraphviewer-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kgraphviewer-dbg
Install kgraphviewer-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kgraphviewer-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kgraphviewer-dbg
Install kgraphviewer-dbg 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 kgraphviewer-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kgraphviewer-dbg
How To Uninstall kgraphviewer-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kgraphviewer-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kgraphviewer-dbg
Uninstall kgraphviewer-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kgraphviewer-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kgraphviewer-dbg
Remove kgraphviewer-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove kgraphviewer-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kgraphviewer-dbg
Remove kgraphviewer-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kgraphviewer-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kgraphviewer-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kgraphviewer-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
