How To Install libplplot-data on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-data on Debian 12.
What is libplplot-data
libplplot-data is:
PLplot is relatively small, portable, freely distributable, and is rich enough to satisfy most users. It has a wide range of plot types including line (linear, log), contour, 3D, fill, and almost 1000 characters (including Greek and mathematical) in its extended font set. The package is designed to make it easy to quickly get graphical output; only a handful of function calls is typically required. For more advanced use, virtually all aspects of plotting are configurable.
This package contains the architecture-independent data files used by the PLplot C library.
There are three methods to install libplplot-data 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 libplplot-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplot-data
Install libplplot-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplot-data
Install libplplot-data 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 libplplot-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplot-data
How To Uninstall libplplot-data on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libplplot-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplot-data
Uninstall libplplot-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplot-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplot-data
Remove libplplot-data Configurations and Data
To remove libplplot-data configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplot-data
Remove libplplot-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplot-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplot-data
Dependencies
libplplot-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-data package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
