How To Install libplplot12 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot12 on Debian 9.
What is libplplot12
libplplot12 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 PLplot library for C, as well as the necessary data files.
There are three methods to install libplplot12 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libplplot12 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot12 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplot12
Install libplplot12 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot12 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplot12
Install libplplot12 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 libplplot12 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplot12
How To Uninstall libplplot12 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libplplot12 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplot12
Uninstall libplplot12 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplot12 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplot12
Remove libplplot12 Configurations and Data
To remove libplplot12 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplot12
Remove libplplot12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplot12 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplot12
Dependencies
libplplot12 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot12 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.