How To Install libplplot-ocaml on Debian 10

Learn how to install libplplot-ocaml on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libplplot-ocaml is OCaml bindings for the scientific plotting library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-ocaml on Debian 10.

What is libplplot-ocaml

libplplot-ocaml 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 provides the OCaml bindings for PLplot.

There are three methods to install libplplot-ocaml on Debian 10. 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-ocaml 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-ocaml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libplplot-ocaml

Install libplplot-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libplplot-ocaml

Install libplplot-ocaml 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-ocaml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libplplot-ocaml

How To Uninstall libplplot-ocaml on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libplplot-ocaml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libplplot-ocaml

Uninstall libplplot-ocaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libplplot-ocaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplot-ocaml

Remove libplplot-ocaml Configurations and Data

To remove libplplot-ocaml configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libplplot-ocaml

Remove libplplot-ocaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplot-ocaml

Dependencies

libplplot-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-ocaml package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.