How To Install kic on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kic on Ubuntu 22.04. kic is Enhanced KIC layout editor

Introduction

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

What is kic

kic is:

This is an interactive graphical editor for drawing patterns used to generate photomasks for lithography (production of integrated circuits).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kic

Install kic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kic

Install kic 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 kic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kic

How To Uninstall kic on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove kic

Uninstall kic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kic

Remove kic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kic

Remove kic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kic

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Summary

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