How To Install kgraphviewer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kgraphviewer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kgraphviewer
kgraphviewer is:
KGraphViewer is a GraphViz dot graph viewer. 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 Programs provided with GraphViz are: I feel, out of date X11, or Tcl/Tk applications with few Functionalities.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 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kgraphviewer
Install kgraphviewer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kgraphviewer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kgraphviewer
Install kgraphviewer 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kgraphviewer
How To Uninstall kgraphviewer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kgraphviewer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kgraphviewer
Uninstall kgraphviewer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kgraphviewer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kgraphviewer
Remove kgraphviewer Configurations and Data
To remove kgraphviewer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kgraphviewer
Remove kgraphviewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kgraphviewer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kgraphviewer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kgraphviewer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
