How To Install plotdrop on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install plotdrop in Fedora 36. plotdrop is A minimal GNOME front-end to Gnuplot

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plotdrop on Fedora 36.

What is plotdrop

Plotdrop is a minimal GNOME front-end to Gnuplot. Plotdrop is designed for quick simple visualization of 2D data series. It is not intended to encompass anywhere near the full capabilities of Gnuplot.

We can use yum or dnf to install plotdrop on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install plotdrop.

Install plotdrop on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install plotdrop

Install plotdrop on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install plotdrop

How To Uninstall plotdrop on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove plotdrop

plotdrop Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/plotdrop
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/49101e05542dc9929301edd113cdb7ccadc547
/usr/share/appdata/plotdrop.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/plotdrop.desktop
/usr/share/doc/plotdrop
/usr/share/doc/plotdrop/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/plotdrop/Changelog
/usr/share/pixmaps/plotdrop.png
/usr/share/plotdrop/droplist.glade
/usr/share/plotdrop/plotdrop.png

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plotdrop on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).