How To Install libzmf-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzmf-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libzmf-tools
libzmf-tools is:
libzmf is a library and a set of tools for reading and converting Zoner Draw and Zebra file formats.
This package contains zmf2svg and zmf2raw to convert zmf files to SVG/RAW.
There are three methods to install libzmf-tools 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 libzmf-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libzmf-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzmf-tools
Install libzmf-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzmf-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzmf-tools
Install libzmf-tools 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 libzmf-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzmf-tools
How To Uninstall libzmf-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libzmf-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzmf-tools
Uninstall libzmf-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzmf-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzmf-tools
Remove libzmf-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libzmf-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzmf-tools
Remove libzmf-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzmf-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzmf-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzmf-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
