How To Install plplot-driver-qt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-driver-qt on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is plplot-driver-qt
plplot-driver-qt 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 Qt driver module for PLplot.
There are three methods to install plplot-driver-qt 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 plplot-driver-qt 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-qt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plplot-driver-qt
Install plplot-driver-qt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plplot-driver-qt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plplot-driver-qt
Install plplot-driver-qt 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 plplot-driver-qt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plplot-driver-qt
How To Uninstall plplot-driver-qt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the plplot-driver-qt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plplot-driver-qt
Uninstall plplot-driver-qt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plplot-driver-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plplot-driver-qt
Remove plplot-driver-qt Configurations and Data
To remove plplot-driver-qt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plplot-driver-qt
Remove plplot-driver-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plplot-driver-qt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plplot-driver-qt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-driver-qt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
