How To Install plplot-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-devel on CentOS 7. plplot-devel is Development headers and libraries for PLplot

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-devel on CentOS 7.

What is plplot-devel

Development headers and libraries for PLplot.

We can use yum or dnf to install plplot-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install plplot-devel.

Install plplot-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install plplot-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plplot-devel

Install plplot-devel on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install plplot-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plplot-devel

How To Uninstall plplot-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the plplot-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove plplot-devel

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.