How To Install plplot-java on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-java on Rocky Linux 8.

What is plplot-java

Functions for scientific plotting with Java.

We can use yum or dnf to install plplot-java on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install plplot-java.

Install plplot-java on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install plplot-java

Install plplot-java on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install plplot-java

How To Uninstall plplot-java on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove plplot-java

plplot-java Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/e039e4f3b634508666f1497c39d5f3095d0755
/usr/lib64/plplot5.14.0/libplplotjavac_wrap.so
/usr/share/java/plplot.jar

References

• plplot-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-java on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.