How To Install veusz-helpers on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install veusz-helpers on Ubuntu 18.04. veusz-helpers is Architecture-specific helper module for Veusz

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install veusz-helpers on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is veusz-helpers

veusz-helpers is:

This package contains the architecture specific files for Veusz, a scientific plotting package. This package contains the Python extension modules used internally by Veusz.

There are three methods to install veusz-helpers 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 veusz-helpers Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install veusz-helpers

Install veusz-helpers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install veusz-helpers

Install veusz-helpers 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 veusz-helpers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install veusz-helpers

How To Uninstall veusz-helpers on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the veusz-helpers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove veusz-helpers

Uninstall veusz-helpers And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove veusz-helpers

Remove veusz-helpers Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge veusz-helpers

Remove veusz-helpers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge veusz-helpers

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Summary

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