How to Install and Uninstall asymptote Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "asymptote" package

Please follow the guidance below to install asymptote on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: asymptote
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.69+ds-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: 5845
Depends: tex-common (>= 6.13), python3:any, freeglut3 (>= 2.8.1), libc6 (>= 2.33), 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), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), 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_2.69+ds-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1459600
MD5sum: 02f8ef0a12d9328c263346472dc6d370
SHA1: 759489e533367084788ade333e22cb40eb6cffec
SHA256: 2a5bfcc546e42caaf414669c0f7dcde8fd00c938a566bd7e56baeea1048228bc
SHA512: 594f2506748455d1c6b11d3836cf4b57bf8e1a5a0bbf564bd8795530aa6b7b3b523db36c97cd36d20b92b8ae4ff1d1920555ec13630689c0559f0a40a280ec59
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