How To Install tkgate-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tkgate-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. tkgate-doc is Tcl/Tk based digital circuit editor and simulator - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tkgate-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is tkgate-doc

tkgate-doc is:

TkGate is a digital circuit editor and simulator with a Tcl/Tk based interface.

This package contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install tkgate-doc 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 tkgate-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tkgate-doc

Install tkgate-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tkgate-doc

Install tkgate-doc 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 tkgate-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tkgate-doc

How To Uninstall tkgate-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the tkgate-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tkgate-doc

Uninstall tkgate-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tkgate-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tkgate-doc

Remove tkgate-doc Configurations and Data

To remove tkgate-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tkgate-doc

Remove tkgate-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tkgate-doc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tkgate-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.