How To Install libpgsbox5 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpgsbox5 on Debian 9. libpgsbox5 is Draw and label curvilinear coordinate grids with pgplot

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpgsbox5 on Debian 9.

What is libpgsbox5

libpgsbox5 is:

PGSBOX draws and labels a curvilinear coordinate grid. The caller must provide a separate external function, NLFUNC, to define the non-linear coordinate transformation.

There are three methods to install libpgsbox5 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 libpgsbox5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpgsbox5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpgsbox5

Install libpgsbox5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpgsbox5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpgsbox5

Install libpgsbox5 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 libpgsbox5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpgsbox5

How To Uninstall libpgsbox5 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpgsbox5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpgsbox5

Uninstall libpgsbox5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpgsbox5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpgsbox5

Remove libpgsbox5 Configurations and Data

To remove libpgsbox5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpgsbox5

Remove libpgsbox5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpgsbox5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpgsbox5

Dependencies

libpgsbox5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpgsbox5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.