How To Install cairosvg on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cairosvg on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cairosvg
cairosvg is:
CairoSVG is a SVG converter based on Cairo. It can export SVG files to PDF, PostScript and PNG files. The main part of CairoSVG is a SVG parser, trying to follow the SVG 1.1 recommendation from the W3C. Once parsed, the result is drawn to a Cairo surface that can be exported to various formats: PDF, PostScript, PNG and even SVG.
There are three methods to install cairosvg 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 cairosvg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cairosvg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cairosvg
Install cairosvg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cairosvg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cairosvg
Install cairosvg 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 cairosvg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cairosvg
How To Uninstall cairosvg on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cairosvg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cairosvg
Uninstall cairosvg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cairosvg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cairosvg
Remove cairosvg Configurations and Data
To remove cairosvg configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cairosvg
Remove cairosvg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cairosvg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cairosvg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cairosvg package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
