How To Install quickplot on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 390 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quickplot on Ubuntu.
What is quickplot
quickplot is:
A 2-D plotter with infinite zooming, value picking, pipe input, and unlimited plots displayed. Quickplot is meant for looking at your data quickly and of secondary importance is making static pictures of your data. It is a data viewer, not a plot editor. It reads ASCII text and sound files. It has lots of command line options, making it very shell script friendly.
There are three methods to install quickplot 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 quickplot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install quickplot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quickplot
Install quickplot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quickplot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quickplot
Install quickplot 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 quickplot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quickplot
How To Uninstall quickplot on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the quickplot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quickplot
Uninstall quickplot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quickplot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quickplot
Remove quickplot Configurations and Data
To remove quickplot configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quickplot
Remove quickplot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quickplot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quickplot
Dependencies
quickplot have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quickplot package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.