How To Install libplplot17 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 libplplot17 on Ubuntu.
What is libplplot17
libplplot17 is:
PLplot is relatively small, portable, freely distributable, and is rich enough to satisfy most users. It has a wide range of plot types including line (linear, log), contour, 3D, fill, and almost 1000 characters (including Greek and mathematical) in its extended font set. The package is designed to make it easy to quickly get graphical output; only a handful of function calls is typically required. For more advanced use, virtually all aspects of plotting are configurable.
This package contains the PLplot library for C.
There are three methods to install libplplot17 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 libplplot17 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot17 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplot17
Install libplplot17 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot17 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplot17
Install libplplot17 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 libplplot17 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplot17
How To Uninstall libplplot17 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libplplot17 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplot17
Uninstall libplplot17 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplot17 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplot17
Remove libplplot17 Configurations and Data
To remove libplplot17 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplot17
Remove libplplot17 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplot17 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplot17
Dependencies
libplplot17 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot17 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.