How To Install fig2dev on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fig2dev on Ubuntu 20.04. fig2dev is Utilities for converting XFig figure files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fig2dev on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is fig2dev

fig2dev is:

This package contains utilities (mainly fig2dev) to handle XFig (Facility for Interactive Generation of figures) files.

It can convert files produced by xfig to box, cgm, dxf, epic, eepic, eepicemu, emf, eps, gbx, ge, gif, ibmgl, jpeg, latex, map (HTML image map), mf (MetaFont), mp (MetaPost), mmp (Multi-Meta-Post), pcx, pdf, pdftex, pdftex_t, pic, pict2e, pictex, png, ppm, ps, pstex, pstex_t, pstricks, ptk (Perl/tk), shape, sld (AutoCad slide format), svg, textyl, tiff, tikz, tk (Tcl/Tk), tpic, xbm and xpm. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-graphics

There are three methods to install fig2dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fig2dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fig2dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fig2dev

Install fig2dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fig2dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fig2dev

Install fig2dev 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 fig2dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fig2dev

How To Uninstall fig2dev on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the fig2dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fig2dev

Uninstall fig2dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fig2dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fig2dev

Remove fig2dev Configurations and Data

To remove fig2dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fig2dev

Remove fig2dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fig2dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fig2dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fig2dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.