How To Install plplot-driver-cairo on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-driver-cairo on Debian 12.
What is plplot-driver-cairo
plplot-driver-cairo 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 provides the Cairo driver module for PLplot. It is based on the Cairo 2D graphics library with supporting multiple output devices (X-Window, PDF, PostScript, and PNG).
There are three methods to install plplot-driver-cairo 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 plplot-driver-cairo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plplot-driver-cairo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plplot-driver-cairo
Install plplot-driver-cairo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plplot-driver-cairo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plplot-driver-cairo
Install plplot-driver-cairo 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 plplot-driver-cairo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plplot-driver-cairo
How To Uninstall plplot-driver-cairo on Debian 12
To uninstall only the plplot-driver-cairo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plplot-driver-cairo
Uninstall plplot-driver-cairo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plplot-driver-cairo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plplot-driver-cairo
Remove plplot-driver-cairo Configurations and Data
To remove plplot-driver-cairo configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plplot-driver-cairo
Remove plplot-driver-cairo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plplot-driver-cairo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plplot-driver-cairo
Dependencies
plplot-driver-cairo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-driver-cairo package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
