How To Install plplot12-driver-xwin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot12-driver-xwin on Debian 9.
What is plplot12-driver-xwin
plplot12-driver-xwin 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 provides the X11 driver module for PLplot.
There are three methods to install plplot12-driver-xwin on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install plplot12-driver-xwin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plplot12-driver-xwin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plplot12-driver-xwin
Install plplot12-driver-xwin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plplot12-driver-xwin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plplot12-driver-xwin
Install plplot12-driver-xwin 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 plplot12-driver-xwin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plplot12-driver-xwin
How To Uninstall plplot12-driver-xwin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the plplot12-driver-xwin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plplot12-driver-xwin
Uninstall plplot12-driver-xwin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plplot12-driver-xwin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plplot12-driver-xwin
Remove plplot12-driver-xwin Configurations and Data
To remove plplot12-driver-xwin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plplot12-driver-xwin
Remove plplot12-driver-xwin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plplot12-driver-xwin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plplot12-driver-xwin
Dependencies
plplot12-driver-xwin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot12-driver-xwin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
