How To Install gwave on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gwave on Ubuntu 22.04. gwave is waveform viewer eg for spice simulators

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gwave on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is gwave

gwave is:

Gwave is a tool for viewing analog data, such as the output of Spice simulations.

Gwave can read “raw” files from spice2G6, spice3F5 or ngspice, and a tabular ASCII format suitable for use with GnuCAP or homegrown tools. It can also read several binary and ascii files written by commercial spice-type simulators such as hspice, tspice, and nanosim.

It supports multiple “panels” (graticules) with multiple variables displayed in each. Two vertical-bar cursors are available for time-difference measurements. Multiple files can be loaded, for comparing results of several simulations.

There are three methods to install gwave 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 gwave Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gwave

Install gwave Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gwave

Install gwave 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 gwave using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gwave

How To Uninstall gwave on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gwave

Uninstall gwave And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gwave and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gwave

Remove gwave Configurations and Data

To remove gwave configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gwave

Remove gwave configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gwave

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gwave package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.