How To Install gnuplot-minimal.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuplot-minimal.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. gnuplot-minimal.x86_64 is Minimal version of program for plotting mathematical expressions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuplot-minimal.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is gnuplot-minimal.x86_64

Gnuplot is a command-line driven, interactive function plotting program especially suited for scientific data representation. Gnuplot can be used to plot functions and data points in both two and three dimensions and in many different formats. Install gnuplot-minimal if you need a minimal version of graphics package for scientific data representation.

We can use yum to install gnuplot-minimal.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnuplot-minimal.x86_64.

Install gnuplot-minimal.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gnuplot-minimal.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gnuplot-minimal.x86_64

How To Uninstall gnuplot-minimal.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the gnuplot-minimal.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove gnuplot-minimal.x86_64

gnuplot-minimal.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/gnuplot-minimal
/usr/share/doc/gnuplot-minimal-4.6.2
/usr/share/doc/gnuplot-minimal-4.6.2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/gnuplot-minimal-4.6.2/Copyright

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuplot-minimal.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.