How To Install gnuplot5 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuplot5
on Debian 9.
What is gnuplot5
gnuplot5 is:
This is a transitional package for Jessie->Stretch period. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install gnuplot5
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnuplot5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnuplot5
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnuplot5
Install gnuplot5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnuplot5
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnuplot5
Install gnuplot5 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gnuplot5
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnuplot5
How To Uninstall gnuplot5 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnuplot5
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnuplot5
Uninstall gnuplot5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnuplot5
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnuplot5
Remove gnuplot5 Configurations and Data
To remove gnuplot5
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnuplot5
Remove gnuplot5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnuplot5
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnuplot5
Dependencies
gnuplot5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnuplot5
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.