How To Install libsciplot-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsciplot-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libsciplot-dev
libsciplot-dev is:
Contains C header files and development shared libraries for SciPlot. The SciPlot Widget is a widget capable of plotting Cartesian or polar graphs, including logarithmic axes in Cartesian plots.
There are three methods to install libsciplot-dev 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 libsciplot-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 libsciplot-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsciplot-dev
Install libsciplot-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsciplot-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsciplot-dev
Install libsciplot-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsciplot-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsciplot-dev
How To Uninstall libsciplot-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libsciplot-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsciplot-dev
Uninstall libsciplot-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsciplot-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsciplot-dev
Remove libsciplot-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsciplot-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsciplot-dev
Remove libsciplot-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsciplot-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsciplot-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsciplot-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.