How To Install pgplot5 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pgplot5
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pgplot5
pgplot5 is:
This package contains both runtime and development libraries. Many routines are included in pgplot for viewing scientific data. Many (about 70) output devices are supported. 2-D , 3-D , contour, image manipulation, etc. are well supported. Interactive routines are included. Both a C and a FORTRAN library are present. See http://astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/ for documentation.
There are three methods to install pgplot5
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 pgplot5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pgplot5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pgplot5
Install pgplot5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pgplot5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pgplot5
Install pgplot5 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 pgplot5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pgplot5
How To Uninstall pgplot5 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pgplot5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pgplot5
Uninstall pgplot5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pgplot5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pgplot5
Remove pgplot5 Configurations and Data
To remove pgplot5
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pgplot5
Remove pgplot5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pgplot5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pgplot5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pgplot5
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.