How To Install nitpic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nitpic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nitpic
nitpic is:
Nitpic is an X-based simulator for the Microchip PIC family of microcontrollers. It currently supports only the PIC16C84. This is beta software.
There are three methods to install nitpic 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 nitpic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nitpic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nitpic
Install nitpic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nitpic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nitpic
Install nitpic 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 nitpic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nitpic
How To Uninstall nitpic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nitpic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nitpic
Uninstall nitpic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nitpic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nitpic
Remove nitpic Configurations and Data
To remove nitpic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nitpic
Remove nitpic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nitpic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nitpic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nitpic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
