How To Install octave-plplot on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-plplot on Debian 12.
What is octave-plplot
octave-plplot 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 Octave bindings for PLplot. It provides an almost drop-in replacement for the traditional Gnuplot graphical interface in Octave. Examples are also provided.
There are three methods to install octave-plplot 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 octave-plplot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-plplot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-plplot
Install octave-plplot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-plplot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-plplot
Install octave-plplot 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 octave-plplot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-plplot
How To Uninstall octave-plplot on Debian 12
To uninstall only the octave-plplot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-plplot
Uninstall octave-plplot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-plplot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-plplot
Remove octave-plplot Configurations and Data
To remove octave-plplot configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-plplot
Remove octave-plplot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-plplot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-plplot
Dependencies
octave-plplot have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-plplot package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
