How To Install gnuplot-common on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuplot-common on CentOS 7. gnuplot-common is The common gnuplot parts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuplot-common on CentOS 7.

What is gnuplot-common

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. This subpackage contains common parts needed for arbitrary version of gnuplot

We can use yum or dnf to install gnuplot-common on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnuplot-common.

Install gnuplot-common on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install gnuplot-common

Install gnuplot-common on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install gnuplot-common

How To Uninstall gnuplot-common on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gnuplot-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gnuplot-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuplot-common on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.