How To Install libflowcanvas5v5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libflowcanvas5v5 on Ubuntu 18.04. libflowcanvas5v5 is interactive widget for “boxes and lines” environments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libflowcanvas5v5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libflowcanvas5v5

libflowcanvas5v5 is:

FlowCanvas is an interactive Gtkmm/Gnomecanvasmm widget for “boxes and lines” environments (ie modular synths or interactive finite state automata diagrams).

This package provides the runtime library.

There are three methods to install libflowcanvas5v5 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 libflowcanvas5v5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libflowcanvas5v5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libflowcanvas5v5

Install libflowcanvas5v5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libflowcanvas5v5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libflowcanvas5v5

Install libflowcanvas5v5 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 libflowcanvas5v5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libflowcanvas5v5

How To Uninstall libflowcanvas5v5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libflowcanvas5v5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libflowcanvas5v5

Uninstall libflowcanvas5v5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libflowcanvas5v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libflowcanvas5v5

Remove libflowcanvas5v5 Configurations and Data

To remove libflowcanvas5v5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libflowcanvas5v5

Remove libflowcanvas5v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libflowcanvas5v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libflowcanvas5v5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libflowcanvas5v5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.