How To Install libplplotada3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotada3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libplplotada3-dev
libplplotada3-dev 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 all that is needed for doing PLplot development in Ada.
There are three methods to install libplplotada3-dev 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 libplplotada3-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplotada3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplotada3-dev
Install libplplotada3-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplotada3-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplotada3-dev
Install libplplotada3-dev 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 libplplotada3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplotada3-dev
How To Uninstall libplplotada3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libplplotada3-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplotada3-dev
Uninstall libplplotada3-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplotada3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplotada3-dev
Remove libplplotada3-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libplplotada3-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplotada3-dev
Remove libplplotada3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplotada3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplotada3-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotada3-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.