How To Install plplot-perl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-perl on CentOS 7. plplot-perl is Examples for using plplot with PDL

Introduction

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

What is plplot-perl

This is a dummy package, since pdl support was not enabled in the plplot build.

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

Install plplot-perl 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-perl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plplot-perl

Install plplot-perl 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-perl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plplot-perl

How To Uninstall plplot-perl on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove plplot-perl

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Summary

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