How To Install gdl-coyote on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdl-coyote on Ubuntu.
What is gdl-coyote
gdl-coyote is:
The Coyote Library evolved from work David Fanning was doing teaching IDL courses and answering IDL questions on the IDL newsgroup. It is meant to be a well-documented library that demonstrates how to write solid IDL/GDL programs that are easy to maintain and extend.
The main content of the library is the Coyote Graphics System (CGS), a collection of Coyote Library programs that turn the traditional GDL/IDL graphics commands (e.g., Plot, Contour, Surface, TV, etc.) into modern programs.
The most important features of Coyote Graphics System are:
- The commands work identically on the display, in PostScript, and in the Z-graphics buffer.
- The commands can be displayed automatically in resizable graphics windows.
- The commands automatically create high quality PostScript, PDF, and raster file output.
- CGS graphics visualizations can be saved and restore later, or e-mailed to colleagues.
- The commands work identically in an indexed or decomposed color environment.
- The commands can use colors by name (e.g., “red”, “dodger blue”).
- CGS commands are faster (often much faster) than the equivalent IDL function graphics commands.
- Greek letters and other symbols can be directly embedded in Coyote Graphics text.
- The commands fix the most annoying quirks (e.g., contour holes and levels) in traditional IDL commands.
There are three methods to install gdl-coyote on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gdl-coyote Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gdl-coyote using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdl-coyote
Install gdl-coyote Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gdl-coyote using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdl-coyote
Install gdl-coyote 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 gdl-coyote using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdl-coyote
How To Uninstall gdl-coyote on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gdl-coyote package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdl-coyote
Uninstall gdl-coyote And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdl-coyote and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdl-coyote
Remove gdl-coyote Configurations and Data
To remove gdl-coyote configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdl-coyote
Remove gdl-coyote configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gdl-coyote configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdl-coyote
Dependencies
gdl-coyote have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdl-coyote package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.