How to Install and Uninstall asymptote Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "asymptote" package

This is a short guide on how to install asymptote on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: asymptote
Priority: optional
Section: universe/tex
Installed-Size: 5252
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.37-1
Depends: tex-common (>= 6), freeglut3, libc6 (>= 2.14), libfftw3-double3, libgc1c2 (>= 1:7.2d), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libgsl2, libosmesa6 (>= 10.2~), libreadline6 (>= 6.0), libsigsegv2 (>= 2.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo5 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), ghostscript, imagemagick, install-info, python, python-pil, python-pil.imagetk, texlive-binaries, texlive-latex-base, texlive-pstricks, xdg-utils
Recommends: asymptote-doc
Suggests: gv, evince-gtk | pdf-viewer
Filename: pool/universe/a/asymptote/asymptote_2.37-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1315400
MD5sum: 3ef6d18fea2c1a5986f8bf9bdf2b0597
SHA1: 66fb5bf26ee5cfa28e3e6e33b81b890eb29f7adf
SHA256: 0b2e12070a962e7615d7f0b3af8038e170001e72f3ad69ef57183ebe0a8dd3bf
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
Homepage: http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu