How To Install grace on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install grace on Debian 9. grace is XY graphing and plotting tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grace on Debian 9.

What is grace

grace is:

Grace is a point-and-click tool that allows the user to draw X-Y plots. This is the program formerly known as Xmgr.

A few of its features are: User defined scaling, tick marks, labels, symbols, line styles, colors, polynomial regression, splines, running averages, DFT/FFT, cross/auto-correlation, batch mode for unattended plotting, and hardcopy support for PostScript, FrameMaker and several image formats.

There are three methods to install grace on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install grace Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install grace using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install grace

Install grace Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install grace using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install grace

Install grace 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install grace using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grace

How To Uninstall grace on Debian 9

To uninstall only the grace package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove grace

Uninstall grace And Its Dependencies

To uninstall grace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grace

Remove grace Configurations and Data

To remove grace configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge grace

Remove grace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove grace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grace

Dependencies

grace have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grace package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.