How To Install plotutils on CentOS 8

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plotutils on CentOS 8.

What is plotutils

The GNU plotutils package contains software for both programmers and technical users. Its centerpiece is libplot, a powerful C/C++ function library for exporting 2-D vector graphics in many file formats, both vector and raster. It can also do vector graphics animations. Besides libplot, the package contains command-line programs for plotting scientific data. Many of them use libplot to export graphics plotutils 2.6 20.el8 x86_64 1.2 M plotutils-2.6-20.el8.src.rpm powertools GNU vector and raster graphics utilities and libraries http GPLv2+ and GPLv3+ The GNU plotutils package contains software for both programmers and technical users. Its centerpiece is libplot, a powerful C/C++ function library for exporting 2-D vector graphics in many file formats, both vector and raster. It can also do vector graphics animations. Besides libplot, the package contains command-line programs for plotting scientific data. Many of them use libplot to export graphics

We can use yum or dnf to install plotutils on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install plotutils.

Install plotutils on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install plotutils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plotutils

Install plotutils on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install plotutils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plotutils

How To Uninstall plotutils on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the plotutils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove plotutils

plotutils Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/double
/usr/bin/graph
/usr/bin/hersheydemo
/usr/bin/ode
/usr/bin/pic2plot
/usr/bin/plot
/usr/bin/plotfont
/usr/bin/spline
/usr/bin/tek2plot
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/6fc25373de3308e4fe9db0a688cf00126ff0a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/098b15667549bc5fd737864f62676a0fe47d48
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/d1754d058b96772d8da76acfd352a760d2f4f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/300aa84b51c1dd808fa8db6ffcd0cea8de3baf
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/24cec5fd093d4f9ae24e36d0291cd5f25b4fa3
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/2c535a7ec3cb6ed6edcccef9a264af539decd8
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/a3b89e606eb56d0956472dcdd762162ccf6adf
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/0460b66a767668610f68ad17bfbff1aae3cb29
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/ded534d59251f11bc8fbc3e43328ef897c96ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/1ba819b4eca02dfd71ee4e4f343f593d52270b
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/7b7eb305e3646873e21985a980b20304013468
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/da18187cb1b9ec2cacb07300fe03bce9d5c775
/usr/lib/libplot.so.2
/usr/lib/libplot.so.2.2.4
/usr/lib/libplotter.so.2
/usr/lib/libplotter.so.2.2.4
/usr/lib/libxmi.so.0
/usr/lib/libxmi.so.0.1.3
/usr/share/doc/plotutils
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/COMPAT
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/KNOWN_BUGS
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/PROBLEMS
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/README
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/README
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/colors.txt
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/h-fonts.txt
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/h-glyphs.txt
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/hershey.bib
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/kana.txt
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/kanji.txt
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/README
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/atwoods.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/bead.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/chem.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/coupled.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/ddho.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/dynamo.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/henon.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/limitcycle.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/lorenz.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/lunar.sh
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/orbit.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/population.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/qcd.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/rumor.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/soliton.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/viscous.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/pic2plot
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/pic2plot/README
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/pic2plot/macros.pic
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/pic2plot/pic0.ps
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/pic2plot/pic1.ps
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/pic2plot/picmacros.ps
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/README
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/aitest.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/dmerc.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/fotest.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/imtesth.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/karney.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/ocpred.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/scale.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/skymap.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/skymap2.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/usmap.tek
/usr/share/info/libxmi.info.gz
/usr/share/info/plotutils.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/plot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/plotfont.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/spline.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tek2plot.1.gz
/usr/bin/double
/usr/bin/graph
/usr/bin/hersheydemo
/usr/bin/ode
/usr/bin/pic2plot
/usr/bin/plot
/usr/bin/plotfont
/usr/bin/spline
/usr/bin/tek2plot
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/4c829af80769b5bd5288ffbbf7d87cee091abb
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/e7664cd78b6fdc6708dd958e35b86f96d0ed0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/dece03aafc9faed49c90ef98aa1a52183f13bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/279f57618b1e0c6180db3c45815dc0c1065a3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/f95fa53ab0cc18ea1f002f4397566bec53ae12
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/0a7f9a755fd0c3919d0df63fdcfae9fd6dde3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/40d467a8518c5f489de2f41ec9b6fe4f07bceb
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/c21e073e16158f3a57632370865d7100259e91
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/aba210f078923a2326a29f9a20d83506f4a8ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/61c20a884b5323b534f86ea1c565d2bb71a965
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/1cd39a7b230a8d3dfe3151a34660d882b7b8df
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/61b1cdbfc8ec87a21bef8b2ecec0990d486691
/usr/lib64/libplot.so.2
/usr/lib64/libplot.so.2.2.4
/usr/lib64/libplotter.so.2
/usr/lib64/libplotter.so.2.2.4
/usr/lib64/libxmi.so.0
/usr/lib64/libxmi.so.0.1.3
/usr/share/doc/plotutils
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/COMPAT
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/KNOWN_BUGS
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/PROBLEMS
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/README
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/README
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/colors.txt
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/h-fonts.txt
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/h-glyphs.txt
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/hershey.bib
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/kana.txt
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/libplot/kanji.txt
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/README
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/atwoods.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/bead.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/chem.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/coupled.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/ddho.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/dynamo.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/henon.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/limitcycle.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/lorenz.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/lunar.sh
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/orbit.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/population.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/qcd.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/rumor.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/soliton.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/ode/viscous.ode
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/pic2plot
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/pic2plot/README
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/pic2plot/macros.pic
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/pic2plot/pic0.ps
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/pic2plot/pic1.ps
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/pic2plot/picmacros.ps
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/README
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/aitest.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/dmerc.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/fotest.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/imtesth.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/karney.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/ocpred.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/scale.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/skymap.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/skymap2.tek
/usr/share/doc/plotutils/tek2plot/usmap.tek
/usr/share/info/libxmi.info.gz
/usr/share/info/plotutils.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/plot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/plotfont.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/spline.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tek2plot.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plotutils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.