How To Install libplplot-c++11 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-c++11 on Debian 9. libplplot-c++11 is Scientific plotting library (C++ binding)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-c++11 on Debian 9.

What is libplplot-c++11

libplplot-c++11 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 C++ binding for PLplot.

There are three methods to install libplplot-c++11 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 libplplot-c++11 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libplplot-c++11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libplplot-c++11

Install libplplot-c++11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libplplot-c++11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libplplot-c++11

Install libplplot-c++11 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 libplplot-c++11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libplplot-c++11

How To Uninstall libplplot-c++11 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libplplot-c++11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libplplot-c++11

Uninstall libplplot-c++11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libplplot-c++11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplot-c++11

Remove libplplot-c++11 Configurations and Data

To remove libplplot-c++11 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libplplot-c++11

Remove libplplot-c++11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libplplot-c++11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplot-c++11

Dependencies

libplplot-c++11 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-c++11 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.