How To Install libplplotada2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotada2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libplplotada2-dev
libplplotada2-dev 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 all that is needed for doing PLplot development in Ada.
There are three methods to install libplplotada2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libplplotada2-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplotada2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplotada2-dev
Install libplplotada2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplotada2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplotada2-dev
Install libplplotada2-dev 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 libplplotada2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplotada2-dev
How To Uninstall libplplotada2-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libplplotada2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplotada2-dev
Uninstall libplplotada2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplotada2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplotada2-dev
Remove libplplotada2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libplplotada2-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplotada2-dev
Remove libplplotada2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplotada2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplotada2-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotada2-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
