How To Install tikzit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tikzit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tikzit
tikzit is:
TikZiT is a graphical tool for editing graphs written in PGF/TikZ.
TikZiT helps rapidly create and edit node-and-edge style graphs. It was originally created to aid in the typesetting of “dot” diagrams of interacting quantum observables (see arXiv:0906.4725), but can be used as a general graph editing program.
There are three methods to install tikzit 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 tikzit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tikzit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tikzit
Install tikzit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tikzit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tikzit
Install tikzit 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 tikzit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tikzit
How To Uninstall tikzit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tikzit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tikzit
Uninstall tikzit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tikzit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tikzit
Remove tikzit Configurations and Data
To remove tikzit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tikzit
Remove tikzit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tikzit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tikzit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tikzit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
