How To Install plplot-pyqt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-pyqt on Rocky Linux 8. plplot-pyqt is Functions for scientific plotting with PyQt

Introduction

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

What is plplot-pyqt

Functions for scientific plotting with PyQt.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install plplot-pyqt

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

sudo yum -y install plplot-pyqt

How To Uninstall plplot-pyqt on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove plplot-pyqt

plplot-pyqt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/bc526eb7c0179cd2e1b985d58017f0a9c64618
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/plplot_pyqt5.so

References

Summary

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