How To Install libplplotada5-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libplplotada5-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libplplotada5-dev is Ada support for PLplot, a plotting library (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotada5-dev on Debian 12.

What is libplplotada5-dev

libplplotada5-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 libplplotada5-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libplplotada5-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 libplplotada5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libplplotada5-dev

Install libplplotada5-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libplplotada5-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libplplotada5-dev

Install libplplotada5-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libplplotada5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libplplotada5-dev

How To Uninstall libplplotada5-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libplplotada5-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libplplotada5-dev

Uninstall libplplotada5-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libplplotada5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplotada5-dev

Remove libplplotada5-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libplplotada5-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libplplotada5-dev

Remove libplplotada5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libplplotada5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplotada5-dev

Dependencies

libplplotada5-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotada5-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.