How To Install msc-generator on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install msc-generator on Debian 12.
What is msc-generator
msc-generator is:
Msc-generator is a program that parses textual Message Sequence Chart descriptions and produces graphical output in a variety of file formats.
Msc-generator heavily borrows in concept from the 0.08 version of Michael C McTernan’s mscgen. However, it has been completely rewritten from scratch and has a much more extensive (and only partially backwards compatible) language. The command-line interface is fully backwards compatible with mscgen, which enables using Msc-generator’s commandline tool everywhere where you can use mscgen, but with the richer syntax. This includes the many tools integrated with mscgen, such as Doxygen, Sphinx and Msctexen.
There are three methods to install msc-generator on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install msc-generator Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install msc-generator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install msc-generator
Install msc-generator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install msc-generator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install msc-generator
Install msc-generator 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 msc-generator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install msc-generator
How To Uninstall msc-generator on Debian 12
To uninstall only the msc-generator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove msc-generator
Uninstall msc-generator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall msc-generator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove msc-generator
Remove msc-generator Configurations and Data
To remove msc-generator configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge msc-generator
Remove msc-generator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove msc-generator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge msc-generator
Dependencies
msc-generator have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcgraph6
- libfontconfig1
- libgcc-s1
- libgl1
- libglpk40
- libgvc6
- libpng16-16
- libsdl2-2.0-0
- libstdc++6
- libtinyxml2-9
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install msc-generator package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
