How To Install libplplotfortran0 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotfortran0 on Debian 10.
What is libplplotfortran0
libplplotfortran0 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 libplplotfortran0 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 libplplotfortran0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplotfortran0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplotfortran0
Install libplplotfortran0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplotfortran0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplotfortran0
Install libplplotfortran0 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 libplplotfortran0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplotfortran0
How To Uninstall libplplotfortran0 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libplplotfortran0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplotfortran0
Uninstall libplplotfortran0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplotfortran0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplotfortran0
Remove libplplotfortran0 Configurations and Data
To remove libplplotfortran0 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplotfortran0
Remove libplplotfortran0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplotfortran0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplotfortran0
Dependencies
libplplotfortran0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotfortran0 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
