How To Install plplot-qt on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `plplot-qt`

Functions for scientific plotting with Qt.

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

Install plplot-qt 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-qt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plplot-qt

Install plplot-qt 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-qt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plplot-qt

How To Uninstall plplot-qt on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove plplot-qt

plplot-qt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/6fd09e7997e2f5cd7541cbc0c043e6ab93a866
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/f15edeceef194478670a5c9afe4cef6126f16c
/usr/lib64/libplplotqt.so.2
/usr/lib64/libplplotqt.so.2.0.2
/usr/lib64/plplot5.14.0/drivers/qt.driver_info
/usr/lib64/plplot5.14.0/drivers/qt.so

References

plplot-qt website

Summary

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