How To Install libplplot15 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot15 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libplplot15
libplplot15 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 libplplot15 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 libplplot15 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot15 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplot15
Install libplplot15 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplot15 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplot15
Install libplplot15 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 libplplot15 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplot15
How To Uninstall libplplot15 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libplplot15 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplot15
Uninstall libplplot15 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplot15 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplot15
Remove libplplot15 Configurations and Data
To remove libplplot15 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplot15
Remove libplplot15 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplot15 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplot15
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot15 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
