How To Install plplot-wxGTK on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is plplot-wxGTK

Functions for scientific plotting with wxGTK.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install plplot-wxGTK

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

sudo yum -y install plplot-wxGTK

How To Uninstall plplot-wxGTK on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove plplot-wxGTK

plplot-wxGTK Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/wxPLViewer
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/b3a7e423a2db12f401184ab7ced79ece6c387a
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/c5e427393dee6146c7fa38496f58b84383b1af
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/01ab6855832c4cec9ec9435fa75425cd86696c
/usr/lib64/libplplotwxwidgets.so.1
/usr/lib64/libplplotwxwidgets.so.1.2.2
/usr/lib64/plplot5.14.0/drivers/wxwidgets.driver_info
/usr/lib64/plplot5.14.0/drivers/wxwidgets.so

References

Summary

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