How To Install libplplotqt2 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotqt2
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libplplotqt2
libplplotqt2 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 provides C++ bindings to allow use of the PLplot API in Qt applications.
There are three methods to install libplplotqt2
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 libplplotqt2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplotqt2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplplotqt2
Install libplplotqt2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplplotqt2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplplotqt2
Install libplplotqt2 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 libplplotqt2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplplotqt2
How To Uninstall libplplotqt2 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libplplotqt2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplplotqt2
Uninstall libplplotqt2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplplotqt2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplplotqt2
Remove libplplotqt2 Configurations and Data
To remove libplplotqt2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplplotqt2
Remove libplplotqt2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplplotqt2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplplotqt2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplplotqt2
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.