How To Install libplplot-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-java
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libplplot-java
libplplot-java 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 Java bindings for PLplot.
There are three methods to install libplplot-java
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-java 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-java
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplot-java
Install libplplot-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot-java
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplot-java
Install libplplot-java 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot-java
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplot-java
How To Uninstall libplplot-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libplplot-java
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplot-java
Uninstall libplplot-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplot-java
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplot-java
Remove libplplot-java Configurations and Data
To remove libplplot-java
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplot-java
Remove libplplot-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplot-java
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplot-java
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-java
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.