How To Install python3-matplotlib on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-matplotlib
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-matplotlib
python3-matplotlib is:
Matplotlib is a pure Python plotting library designed to bring publication quality plotting to Python with a syntax familiar to Matlab users. All of the plotting commands in the pylab interface can be accessed either via a functional interface familiar to Matlab users or an object oriented interface familiar to Python users.
This package contains the Python 3 version of matplotlib. Task: ubuntustudio-video
There are three methods to install python3-matplotlib
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-matplotlib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-matplotlib
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-matplotlib
Install python3-matplotlib Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-matplotlib
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-matplotlib
Install python3-matplotlib 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-matplotlib
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-matplotlib
How To Uninstall python3-matplotlib on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-matplotlib
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-matplotlib
Uninstall python3-matplotlib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-matplotlib
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-matplotlib
Remove python3-matplotlib Configurations and Data
To remove python3-matplotlib
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-matplotlib
Remove python3-matplotlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-matplotlib
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-matplotlib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-matplotlib
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.