How To Install pycirkuit on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pycirkuit on Kali Linux. pycirkuit is front-end for Circuit Macros and the PIC language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pycirkuit on Kali Linux.

What is pycirkuit

pycirkuit is:

PyCirkuit is a front-end for Dwight Aplevich’s Circuit Macros, which is a set of macros for drawing high-quality line diagrams to include in TeX, LaTeX, etc. PyCirkuit builds a live preview and allows it to be exported as TikZ.

There are three methods to install pycirkuit on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pycirkuit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pycirkuit

Install pycirkuit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pycirkuit

Install pycirkuit Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install pycirkuit

How To Uninstall pycirkuit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pycirkuit

Uninstall pycirkuit And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pycirkuit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pycirkuit

Remove pycirkuit Configurations and Data

To remove pycirkuit configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pycirkuit

Remove pycirkuit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pycirkuit

Dependencies

pycirkuit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pycirkuit package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.