How To Install libpgplot-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libpgplot-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libpgplot-perl is perl interface to the pgplot plotting library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpgplot-perl on Debian 10.

What is libpgplot-perl

libpgplot-perl is:

The PGPLOT module provides a perl interface to the pgplot libraries used for plotting and visualizing scientific data. It is particularly popular for plotting astronomical data. Compared to using pgplot from C or FORTRAN, these Perl bindings allow for a faster, more interactive development.

There are three methods to install libpgplot-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpgplot-perl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpgplot-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpgplot-perl

Install libpgplot-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpgplot-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpgplot-perl

Install libpgplot-perl 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 libpgplot-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpgplot-perl

How To Uninstall libpgplot-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libpgplot-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpgplot-perl

Uninstall libpgplot-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpgplot-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpgplot-perl

Remove libpgplot-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libpgplot-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpgplot-perl

Remove libpgplot-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpgplot-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpgplot-perl

Dependencies

libpgplot-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpgplot-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.