How To Install libplplotada4.1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotada4.1 on Kali Linux. libplplotada4.1 is Ada support for PLplot, a plotting library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotada4.1 on Kali Linux.

What is libplplotada4.1

libplplotada4.1 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 runtime Ada bindings library for PLplot.

There are three methods to install libplplotada4.1 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 libplplotada4.1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libplplotada4.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libplplotada4.1

Install libplplotada4.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libplplotada4.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libplplotada4.1

Install libplplotada4.1 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 libplplotada4.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libplplotada4.1

How To Uninstall libplplotada4.1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libplplotada4.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libplplotada4.1

Uninstall libplplotada4.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libplplotada4.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplotada4.1

Remove libplplotada4.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libplplotada4.1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libplplotada4.1

Remove libplplotada4.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libplplotada4.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplotada4.1

Dependencies

libplplotada4.1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotada4.1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.