How To Install libplplotcxx15 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotcxx15 on Kali Linux. libplplotcxx15 is Scientific plotting library (C++ binding)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotcxx15 on Kali Linux.

What is libplplotcxx15

libplplotcxx15 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 C++ binding for PLplot.

There are three methods to install libplplotcxx15 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 libplplotcxx15 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libplplotcxx15 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libplplotcxx15

Install libplplotcxx15 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libplplotcxx15 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libplplotcxx15

Install libplplotcxx15 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 libplplotcxx15 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libplplotcxx15

How To Uninstall libplplotcxx15 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libplplotcxx15 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libplplotcxx15

Uninstall libplplotcxx15 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libplplotcxx15 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplotcxx15

Remove libplplotcxx15 Configurations and Data

To remove libplplotcxx15 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libplplotcxx15

Remove libplplotcxx15 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libplplotcxx15 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplotcxx15

Dependencies

libplplotcxx15 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotcxx15 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.