How To Install magic on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install magic on Ubuntu 22.04. magic is VLSI layout tool

Introduction

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

What is magic

magic is:

Magic is a venerable VLSI layout tool, written in the 1980’s at Berkeley by John Ousterhout, now famous primarily for writing the scripting interpreter language Tcl. Due largely in part to its liberal Berkeley open-source license, magic has remained popular with universities and small companies. The open-source license has allowed VLSI engineers with a bent toward programming to implement clever ideas and help magic stay abreast of fabrication technology. However, it is the well thought-out core algorithms which lend to magic the greatest part of its popularity. Magic is widely cited as being the easiest tool to use for circuit layout, even for people who ultimately rely on commercial tools for their product design flow.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install magic

Install magic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install magic

Install magic 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 magic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install magic

How To Uninstall magic on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove magic

Uninstall magic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove magic

Remove magic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge magic

Remove magic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge magic

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Summary

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