How To Install python3-plplot on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-plplot on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-plplot is Python support for PLplot, a plotting library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-plplot on Debian 12.

What is python3-plplot

python3-plplot 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 contains the library plmodule.so for glueing the PLplot scientific plotting library into Python applications. Examples are also provided.

There are three methods to install python3-plplot on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-plplot Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-plplot using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-plplot

Install python3-plplot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-plplot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-plplot

Install python3-plplot 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 python3-plplot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-plplot

How To Uninstall python3-plplot on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-plplot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-plplot

Uninstall python3-plplot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-plplot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-plplot

Remove python3-plplot Configurations and Data

To remove python3-plplot configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-plplot

Remove python3-plplot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-plplot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-plplot

Dependencies

python3-plplot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-plplot package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.