How To Install plplot-lua on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-lua on Rocky Linux 8. plplot-lua is Functions for scientific plotting with Lua

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-lua on Rocky Linux 8.

What is plplot-lua

Functions for scientific plotting with Lua.

We can use yum or dnf to install plplot-lua on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install plplot-lua.

Install plplot-lua on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install plplot-lua using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plplot-lua

Install plplot-lua on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install plplot-lua using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plplot-lua

How To Uninstall plplot-lua on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the plplot-lua package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove plplot-lua

plplot-lua Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/6b58ba24adea00337e694c75c54dd56ae05733
/usr/lib64/lua/plplot
/usr/lib64/lua/plplot/plplotluac.so
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/CMakeLists.txt
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/plplot_examples.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x00.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x01.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x02.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x03.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x04.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x05.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x06.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x07.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x08.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x09.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x10.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x11.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x12.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x13.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x14.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x15.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x16.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x17.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x18.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x19.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x20.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x21.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x22.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x23.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x24.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x25.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x26.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x27.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x28.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x29.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x30.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x31.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/lua/x33.lua
/usr/share/plplot5.14.0/examples/test_lua.sh

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-lua on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.