How To Install plotdrop on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plotdrop on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is plotdrop
plotdrop is:
PlotDrop is designed for quick simple visualisation of 2D data series. It is intended to be used in tandem with an external filesystem browser such as GNOME’s nautilus or KDE’s konqueror. Files containing data are added by dragging them from the browser to the file list.
There are three methods to install plotdrop on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install plotdrop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plotdrop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plotdrop
Install plotdrop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plotdrop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plotdrop
Install plotdrop 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 plotdrop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plotdrop
How To Uninstall plotdrop on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the plotdrop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plotdrop
Uninstall plotdrop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plotdrop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plotdrop
Remove plotdrop Configurations and Data
To remove plotdrop configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plotdrop
Remove plotdrop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plotdrop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plotdrop
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plotdrop package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
