How To Install transfig on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install transfig on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is transfig
transfig is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install transfig 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 transfig Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install transfig using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install transfig
Install transfig Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install transfig using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install transfig
Install transfig 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 transfig using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install transfig
How To Uninstall transfig on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the transfig package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove transfig
Uninstall transfig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall transfig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove transfig
Remove transfig Configurations and Data
To remove transfig configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge transfig
Remove transfig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove transfig configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge transfig
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install transfig package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
