How To Install latexdraw on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install latexdraw on Debian 11.
What is latexdraw
latexdraw is:
LaTeXDraw is a free PSTricks code generator or PSTricks editor for LaTeX. It has the usual drawing tools (lines, rectangles, circles, Bezier curves) and can resize, rotate, move and join objects using vector transformations. LaTeXDraw uses SVG as its file format and figures can be exported as PSTricks code, pdf, eps, jpg, bmp, png, ppm.
PSTricks is an extension of LaTeX which allows the creation of drawings, diagrams and graphs in 2D or 3D.
There are three methods to install latexdraw on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install latexdraw Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install latexdraw using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install latexdraw
Install latexdraw Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install latexdraw using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install latexdraw
Install latexdraw 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 latexdraw using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install latexdraw
How To Uninstall latexdraw on Debian 11
To uninstall only the latexdraw package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove latexdraw
Uninstall latexdraw And Its Dependencies
To uninstall latexdraw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove latexdraw
Remove latexdraw Configurations and Data
To remove latexdraw configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge latexdraw
Remove latexdraw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove latexdraw configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge latexdraw
Dependencies
latexdraw have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install latexdraw package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.