How to Install and Uninstall asymptote Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

You can also install and uninstall the asymptote on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "asymptote" package

This is a short guide on how to install asymptote on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "asymptote" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall asymptote on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the asymptote package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: asymptote
Version: 2.85+ds-1
Installed-Size: 8178
Maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: tex-common (>= 6.13), python3:any, libboost-filesystem1.74.0 (>= 1.74.0+ds1), libc6 (>= 2.35), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libfftw3-double3 (>= 3.3.10), libgc1 (>= 1:7.2d), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.0), libgl1, libglew2.2 (>= 2.2.0-4+b1), libglut3.12 (>= 3.4.0), libglx0, libgsl27 (>= 2.7.1), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9), libstdc++6 (>= 12), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), ghostscript, imagemagick, texlive-binaries, texlive-latex-base, texlive-pstricks, texlive-plain-generic, xdg-utils
Recommends: asymptote-doc
Suggests: asymptote-x11
Description: script-based vector graphics language inspired by MetaPost
Description-md5: c1b6aa3ffb76bbaec115cd7c61f16b76
Homepage: https://asymptote.sourceforge.net/
Tag: interface::graphical, interface::text-mode, interface::x11,
role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses, uitoolkit::tk, use::typesetting,
works-with-format::tex, works-with::image, works-with::image:vector,
works-with::text, x11::application
Section: tex
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/asymptote/asymptote_2.85+ds-1_amd64.deb
Size: 2515160
MD5sum: 180df4a1970a6567be3e68509ce38ca5
SHA256: 061bbe87206fdffbf93cbe84d750dbbc257af7f53c6e003201fa6b49aee341c1