How To Install plplot-tcl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-tcl on Debian 9.
What is plplot-tcl
plplot-tcl 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 Tcl/Tk support for PLplot: shared libraries, Tcl modules and the Tk driver.
There are three methods to install plplot-tcl on Debian 9. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plplot-tcl
Install plplot-tcl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plplot-tcl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plplot-tcl
Install plplot-tcl 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plplot-tcl
How To Uninstall plplot-tcl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the plplot-tcl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plplot-tcl
Uninstall plplot-tcl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plplot-tcl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plplot-tcl
Remove plplot-tcl Configurations and Data
To remove plplot-tcl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plplot-tcl
Remove plplot-tcl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plplot-tcl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plplot-tcl
Dependencies
plplot-tcl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plplot-tcl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.