How To Install cairosvg on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cairosvg
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cairosvg
cairosvg is:
CairoSVG is a SVG converter based on Cairo. It can export SVG files to PDF, PostScript and PNG files. The main part of CairoSVG is a SVG parser, trying to follow the SVG 1.1 recommendation from the W3C. Once parsed, the result is drawn to a Cairo surface that can be exported to various formats: PDF, PostScript, PNG and even SVG.
There are three methods to install cairosvg
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cairosvg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cairosvg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cairosvg
Install cairosvg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cairosvg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cairosvg
Install cairosvg 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 cairosvg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cairosvg
How To Uninstall cairosvg on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cairosvg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cairosvg
Uninstall cairosvg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cairosvg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cairosvg
Remove cairosvg Configurations and Data
To remove cairosvg
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cairosvg
Remove cairosvg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cairosvg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cairosvg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cairosvg
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.