How To Install libplplot-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-data on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

• libplplot-data website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-data package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.