How To Install libplplot-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-dev
on Debian 11.
What is libplplot-dev
libplplot-dev 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 all that is needed for doing development in C, C++ and Fortran with PLplot. For development in Tcl/Tk, Python and Java, install the plplot-tcl-dev, python3-plplot and libplplot-java packages, respectively. This package also includes the OCaml and Lua examples. To use one of these languages you will also need to install the libplplot-xxx package for that language.
There are three methods to install libplplot-dev
on Debian 11. 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-dev 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-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplot-dev
Install libplplot-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplot-dev
Install libplplot-dev 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-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplot-dev
How To Uninstall libplplot-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libplplot-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplot-dev
Uninstall libplplot-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplot-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplot-dev
Remove libplplot-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libplplot-dev
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplot-dev
Remove libplplot-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplot-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplot-dev
Dependencies
libplplot-dev have the following dependencies:
- libfreetype6-dev
- libltdl3-dev
- libcsironn0
- libcsirocsa0
- libplplot17
- libplplotcxx15
- libplplotfortran0
- libplplotqt2
- libplplotwxwidgets1
- libqhull-dev
- libqsastime-dev
- libshp-dev
- gfortran-9
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-dev
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.