How To Install libplplot17 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot17 on Kali Linux.

What is libplplot17

libplplot17 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.

There are three methods to install libplplot17 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libplplot17 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libplplot17 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libplplot17

Install libplplot17 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libplplot17 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libplplot17

Install libplplot17 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libplplot17 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libplplot17

How To Uninstall libplplot17 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libplplot17 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libplplot17

Uninstall libplplot17 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libplplot17 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplot17

Remove libplplot17 Configurations and Data

To remove libplplot17 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libplplot17

Remove libplplot17 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libplplot17 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplot17

Dependencies

libplplot17 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcsirocsa0
• libcsironn0
• libfreetype6
• libltdl7
• libqsastime0
• libshp2
• libplplot-data

References

• libplplot17 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplot17 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.