How To Install tkgate on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkgate on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tkgate
tkgate is:
TkGate is a digital circuit editor and simulator with a Tcl/Tk based interface. TkGate includes a large number of built-in devices including basic gates, memories, ttys and modules for hierarchical design. The simulator can be controlled either interactively or through a simulation script. Memory contents can be loaded from files, and a microcode/macrocode compiler (gmac) is included to create tkgate memory files from a high-level description. The simulator supports continuous simulation, single step simulation (by clock or epoch) and breakpoints. Save files are in a Verilog-like format.
TkGate also includes a number of tutorial and example circuits which can be loaded through the “Help” menu. The examples range from a simple gate-level 3-bit adder to a 16-bit CPU programmed to play the “Animals” game.
TkGate has a multi-language interface with support for English, Japanese, French and Spanish.
There are three methods to install tkgate 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tkgate
Install tkgate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tkgate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tkgate
Install tkgate 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tkgate
How To Uninstall tkgate on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tkgate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tkgate
Uninstall tkgate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tkgate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tkgate
Remove tkgate Configurations and Data
To remove tkgate configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tkgate
Remove tkgate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tkgate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tkgate
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tkgate package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
