How To Install plotutils on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install plotutils in Fedora 36. plotutils is GNU vector and raster graphics utilities and libraries

Introduction

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

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

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

Install plotutils 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 plotutils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plotutils

Install plotutils 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 plotutils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plotutils

How To Uninstall plotutils on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove plotutils

plotutils Package Contents on Fedora 36

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title: "How To Install plotutils on Fedora 36"
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description: "In this tutorial we learn how to install plotutils in Fedora 36. plotutils is GNU vector and raster graphics utilities and libraries"
date: "2022-08-17"
lastmod: "2022-08-17"
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## Introduction

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

### 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  

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

## Install plotutils on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install plotutils

Install plotutils 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 plotutils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plotutils

How To Uninstall plotutils on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove plotutils

plotutils Package Contents on Fedora 36

/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/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/2afe4107fac15903509cc3aefea6d3a3e4c6a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/f30a57795ff1bce0e03018c1b8afd525cf50f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/448dd9a6a39dbf8b6207c3c13eb0e0c953d50a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/6d7cffb9e7e730c7d258f285edf699bea4df73
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/532ef1c0a3f86157fd72cbe58a517155e588a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/79aacec8f2c4d69349f4793ea683ab8b49906a
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/a65173521f7df19b5c02361779465f8d60f064
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/512194774b62942ad340971be29d1a76f4b97f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/6350dea9b31e6a66e93535c8bd62e66e272fed
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/940c427568859ba9ee3cefbef699214b6c1248
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/a273377b79cadfb407ce2ba85e13db58abd08c
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/3c377a9603757744cfb4f742188ef896e9a620
/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

References

Summary

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

/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/01 /usr/lib/.build-id/01/60cd683146fb6338103742f4b5275d26118850 /usr/lib/.build-id/14 /usr/lib/.build-id/14/caeb51cc9a9d60c6570079c87034adf304f985 /usr/lib/.build-id/39 /usr/lib/.build-id/39/48b07e7cae0560656446e464d24997c2d0efb4 /usr/lib/.build-id/44 /usr/lib/.build-id/44/5549296fdb828d62ffa2ab2e89d1e2ce0c3ad6 /usr/lib/.build-id/4a /usr/lib/.build-id/4a/18e3143007b97f08f94a6b5be8946dbd527850 /usr/lib/.build-id/6c /usr/lib/.build-id/6c/451495023dff5a75c0406f198e3690488bef83 /usr/lib/.build-id/88 /usr/lib/.build-id/88/54fa16b20dbb92f50a67400552f0cbcbf4d25f /usr/lib/.build-id/c0 /usr/lib/.build-id/c0/22e76880b8cf2c9f44c257007eafa7cefcb0bf /usr/lib/.build-id/d4 /usr/lib/.build-id/d4/1e11febc02e90f468583254f87bb9ddc3ebfd0 /usr/lib/.build-id/da /usr/lib/.build-id/da/71528c31c7f0f2521c713f272a86332546500d /usr/lib/.build-id/e3 /usr/lib/.build-id/e3/b8c60854326cef7c4696f61e91eed23415d294 /usr/lib/.build-id/f0 /usr/lib/.build-id/f0/3f5faf94c54b2f5d4faf1210027d677e1b88fe /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

* [plotutils website](http://www.gnu.org/software/plotutils/)

## Summary

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