How to Install and Uninstall asymptote Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "asymptote" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install asymptote on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                asymptote
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "asymptote" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall asymptote on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                asymptote
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the asymptote package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: asymptote
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.67-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/tex
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5912
Depends: tex-common (>= 6.13), python3:any, freeglut3 (>= 2.8.1), libc6 (>= 2.29), libfftw3-double3 (>= 3.3.5), libgc1 (>= 1:7.2d), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgl1, libglew2.1 (>= 1.12.0), libglx0, libgsl25 (>= 2.6), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), ghostscript, imagemagick, install-info, texlive-binaries, texlive-latex-base, texlive-pstricks, texlive-plain-generic, xdg-utils
Recommends: asymptote-doc
Suggests: asymptote-x11
Filename: pool/universe/a/asymptote/asymptote_2.67-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1455988
MD5sum: 2175a03af53ebfeb068a663f84cb4cb5
SHA1: bde99ed48e3b5507ff8453f51a7df00a0b7b5163
SHA256: 5f3a5ba890206035beac1aa6990b9f66c6b2c6533dbc5c94b24cbc7b9cf1d525
SHA512: 4464a31ba9f352340808d44d1a40241601f48fa514e6a72f3fac172a8c6ca6cd84cbee26004502c104ad928471191afcc2e31a7067cfc0dc54f7400787e7639a
Homepage: http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/
Description-en: script-based vector graphics language inspired by MetaPost
Asymptote is a powerful script-based vector graphics language for technical
drawings, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax.
Asymptote provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that
LaTeX does for scientific text.
Description-md5: c1b6aa3ffb76bbaec115cd7c61f16b76