How To Install plplot-tk-devel on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

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

What is plplot-tk-devel

Development files for using PLplot with Tk.

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

Install plplot-tk-devel 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-tk-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install plplot-tk-devel

Install plplot-tk-devel 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-tk-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install plplot-tk-devel

How To Uninstall plplot-tk-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove plplot-tk-devel

plplot-tk-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/plplot/pltcl.h
/usr/include/plplot/pltk.h
/usr/lib64/libplplottcltk.so
/usr/lib64/libplplottcltk_Main.so
/usr/lib64/libtclmatrix.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/plplot-tcl.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/plplot-tcl_Main.pc

References

• plplot-tk-devel website

Summary

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