How To Install latexdraw on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install latexdraw on Ubuntu 22.04. latexdraw is vector drawing program for LaTeX using PSTricks

Introduction

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

What is latexdraw

latexdraw is:

LaTeXDraw is a free PSTricks code generator or PSTricks editor for LaTeX. It has the usual drawing tools (lines, rectangles, circles, Bezier curves) and can resize, rotate, move and join objects using vector transformations. LaTeXDraw uses SVG as its file format and figures can be exported as PSTricks code, pdf, eps, jpg, bmp, png, ppm.

PSTricks is an extension of LaTeX which allows the creation of drawings, diagrams and graphs in 2D or 3D.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install latexdraw

Install latexdraw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install latexdraw

Install latexdraw 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 latexdraw using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install latexdraw

How To Uninstall latexdraw on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove latexdraw

Uninstall latexdraw And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove latexdraw

Remove latexdraw Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge latexdraw

Remove latexdraw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge latexdraw

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Summary

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