How To Install qtikz on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtikz on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is qtikz
qtikz is:
QtikZ is a small application to assist in the creation of diagrams and drawings using the TikZ macros from the LaTeX package “pgf”. It consists of a text editor pane in which the TikZ code for the drawing is edited and a preview pane showing the drawing as rendered by LaTeX. The preview pane can be updated in real-time. Common drawing tools, options and styles are available from the menus to assist the coding process.
This package contains the Qt version of the program.
TikZ is a user-friendly syntax layer for the PGF (portable graphics format) TeX macro package. Pictures can be created within a LaTeX document and included in the output using the most important TeX backend drivers including pdftex and dvips.
There are three methods to install qtikz 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 qtikz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qtikz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qtikz
Install qtikz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qtikz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qtikz
Install qtikz 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 qtikz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qtikz
How To Uninstall qtikz on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qtikz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qtikz
Uninstall qtikz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qtikz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtikz
Remove qtikz Configurations and Data
To remove qtikz configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qtikz
Remove qtikz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qtikz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtikz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtikz package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
