How To Install libplplot-fortran10 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-fortran10 on Debian 9.
What is libplplot-fortran10
libplplot-fortran10 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 Fortran 95 bindings for PLplot. Note: the Fortran 77 bindings have been deprecated upstream for some time and have now been dropped from the Debian packages.
There are three methods to install libplplot-fortran10 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-fortran10 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-fortran10 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplot-fortran10
Install libplplot-fortran10 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot-fortran10 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplot-fortran10
Install libplplot-fortran10 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-fortran10 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplot-fortran10
How To Uninstall libplplot-fortran10 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libplplot-fortran10 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplot-fortran10
Uninstall libplplot-fortran10 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplot-fortran10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplot-fortran10
Remove libplplot-fortran10 Configurations and Data
To remove libplplot-fortran10 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplot-fortran10
Remove libplplot-fortran10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplot-fortran10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplot-fortran10
Dependencies
libplplot-fortran10 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-fortran10 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
