How To Install klayout on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install klayout
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is klayout
klayout is:
This is very good viewer for GDSII and other layout files used in the semiconductor industry.
It is similar to ‘magic’, but has a much more modern GUI and is more robust handling all kinds of GDSII files created by various other tools. Its focus is more on viewing than on editing, but it also has limited, but expanding, support for DRC and extraction for LVS.
There are three methods to install klayout
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 klayout Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install klayout
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install klayout
Install klayout Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install klayout
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install klayout
Install klayout 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 klayout
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install klayout
How To Uninstall klayout on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the klayout
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove klayout
Uninstall klayout And Its Dependencies
To uninstall klayout
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove klayout
Remove klayout Configurations and Data
To remove klayout
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge klayout
Remove klayout configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove klayout
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge klayout
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install klayout
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.