How To Install python3-gnuplot on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gnuplot on Kali Linux.
What is python3-gnuplot
python3-gnuplot is:
Gnuplot.py is a Python module that interfaces to gnuplot, the popular plotting program. It allows you to use gnuplot from within Python to plot arrays of data from memory, data files, or mathematical functions. If you use Python to perform computations or as
glue' for numerical programs, you can use this module to plot data on the fly as they are computed. And the combination with Python makes it is easy to automate things, including to create crudeanimations’ by plotting different datasets one after another.
There are three methods to install python3-gnuplot on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-gnuplot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-gnuplot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-gnuplotInstall python3-gnuplot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-gnuplot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-gnuplotInstall python3-gnuplot Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-gnuplot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-gnuplotHow To Uninstall python3-gnuplot on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-gnuplot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-gnuplotUninstall python3-gnuplot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-gnuplot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gnuplotRemove python3-gnuplot Configurations and Data
To remove python3-gnuplot configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gnuplotRemove python3-gnuplot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-gnuplot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gnuplotDependencies
python3-gnuplot have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gnuplot package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
