How To Install libplplotfortran0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotfortran0
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libplplotfortran0
libplplotfortran0 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 Fortran 95 bindings for PLplot. Note: the Fortran 77 bindings have been deprecated upstream for some time and have now been dropped from the Debian packages.
There are three methods to install libplplotfortran0
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libplplotfortran0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplotfortran0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplotfortran0
Install libplplotfortran0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplotfortran0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplotfortran0
Install libplplotfortran0 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 libplplotfortran0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplotfortran0
How To Uninstall libplplotfortran0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libplplotfortran0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplotfortran0
Uninstall libplplotfortran0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplotfortran0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplotfortran0
Remove libplplotfortran0 Configurations and Data
To remove libplplotfortran0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplotfortran0
Remove libplplotfortran0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplotfortran0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplotfortran0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotfortran0
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.