How To Install plplot-driver-xwin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-driver-xwin on Kali Linux. plplot-driver-xwin is Scientific plotting library (X11 driver)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-driver-xwin on Kali Linux.

What is plplot-driver-xwin

plplot-driver-xwin 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 X11 driver module for PLplot.

There are three methods to install plplot-driver-xwin on Kali Linux. 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-xwin 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-xwin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install plplot-driver-xwin

Install plplot-driver-xwin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install plplot-driver-xwin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install plplot-driver-xwin

Install plplot-driver-xwin Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install plplot-driver-xwin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plplot-driver-xwin

How To Uninstall plplot-driver-xwin on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove plplot-driver-xwin

Uninstall plplot-driver-xwin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall plplot-driver-xwin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plplot-driver-xwin

Remove plplot-driver-xwin Configurations and Data

To remove plplot-driver-xwin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge plplot-driver-xwin

Remove plplot-driver-xwin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove plplot-driver-xwin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plplot-driver-xwin

Dependencies

plplot-driver-xwin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-driver-xwin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.