How To Install libjs-flotr on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-flotr on Debian 12.
What is libjs-flotr
libjs-flotr is:
Flotr is a plotting library which enables you to draw appealing graphs in most modern browsers with an easy to learn syntax.
The currently supported chart types are :
- Histograms (vertical, horizontal, stacked bars)
- Lines (filled or not)
- Points (scatter plots)
- Pie chart
- Candle sticks (and barcharts)
- Radar chart
- Markers (positioned text)
It comes with great features like legend support, negative value support, mouse tracking, selection support, zoom support, event hooks, css styling support, text included into the canvas, rotated labels, color gradients, graph title and subtitle, spreadsheet, CSV data download and much more.
The flotr library is distributed with the canvas2image, canvastext, and base64 JavaScript libraries.
There are three methods to install libjs-flotr on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libjs-flotr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-flotr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-flotr
Install libjs-flotr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-flotr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-flotr
Install libjs-flotr 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 libjs-flotr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-flotr
How To Uninstall libjs-flotr on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libjs-flotr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-flotr
Uninstall libjs-flotr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-flotr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-flotr
Remove libjs-flotr Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-flotr configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-flotr
Remove libjs-flotr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-flotr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-flotr
Dependencies
libjs-flotr have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-flotr package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
