How To Install libplplot-lua on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-lua
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libplplot-lua
libplplot-lua 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 provides the Lua bindings for PLplot.
There are three methods to install libplplot-lua
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-lua 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-lua
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplot-lua
Install libplplot-lua Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot-lua
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplot-lua
Install libplplot-lua 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-lua
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplot-lua
How To Uninstall libplplot-lua on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libplplot-lua
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplot-lua
Uninstall libplplot-lua And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplot-lua
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplot-lua
Remove libplplot-lua Configurations and Data
To remove libplplot-lua
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplot-lua
Remove libplplot-lua configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplot-lua
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplot-lua
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot-lua
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.