How To Install plplot-tcl-bin on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-tcl-bin
on Debian 11.
What is plplot-tcl-bin
plplot-tcl-bin 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 contains the pltcl and plserver programs for interactive use of the Tcl/Tk support for PLplot.
There are three methods to install plplot-tcl-bin
on Debian 11. 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-tcl-bin 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-tcl-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plplot-tcl-bin
Install plplot-tcl-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plplot-tcl-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plplot-tcl-bin
Install plplot-tcl-bin 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install plplot-tcl-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plplot-tcl-bin
How To Uninstall plplot-tcl-bin on Debian 11
To uninstall only the plplot-tcl-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plplot-tcl-bin
Uninstall plplot-tcl-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plplot-tcl-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plplot-tcl-bin
Remove plplot-tcl-bin Configurations and Data
To remove plplot-tcl-bin
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plplot-tcl-bin
Remove plplot-tcl-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plplot-tcl-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plplot-tcl-bin
Dependencies
plplot-tcl-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-tcl-bin
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.