How To Install xdot on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdot on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xdot
xdot is:
xdot is an interactive viewer for graphs written in Graphviz’s dot language. It uses internally the graphviz’s xdot output format as an intermediate format, and PyGTK and Cairo for rendering. xdot can be used either as a standalone application from command line, or as a library embedded in your Python 3 application.
Features:
- Since it doesn’t use bitmaps it is fast and has a small memory footprint.
- Arbitrary zoom.
- Keyboard/mouse navigation.
- Supports events on the nodes with URLs.
- Animated jumping between nodes.
- Highlights node/edge under mouse.
There are three methods to install xdot 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 xdot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xdot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xdot
Install xdot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xdot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xdot
Install xdot 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 xdot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xdot
How To Uninstall xdot on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xdot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xdot
Uninstall xdot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xdot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdot
Remove xdot Configurations and Data
To remove xdot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xdot
Remove xdot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xdot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdot
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdot package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
