How To Install plotutils on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plotutils
on Debian 10.
What is plotutils
plotutils is:
The GNU plotting utilities include programs for plotting two-dimensional scientific data. They are built on top of GNU `libplot’, a library for device-independent two-dimensional vector graphics.
There are three methods to install plotutils
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install plotutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plotutils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plotutils
Install plotutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plotutils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plotutils
Install plotutils 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 plotutils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plotutils
How To Uninstall plotutils on Debian 10
To uninstall only the plotutils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plotutils
Uninstall plotutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plotutils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plotutils
Remove plotutils Configurations and Data
To remove plotutils
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plotutils
Remove plotutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plotutils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plotutils
Dependencies
plotutils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plotutils
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.