How To Install pyxplot on Debian 12

Learn how to install pyxplot on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pyxplot is data plotting program producing publication-quality output

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyxplot on Debian 12.

What is `pyxplot`

pyxplot is:

Pyxplot is a multi-purpose graph plotting tool, scientific scripting language, vector graphics suite, and data processing package. Its interface is designed to make common tasks – e.g., plotting labelled graphs of data – accessible via short, simple, intuitive commands.

Pyxplot produces publication-quality figures. To this end, text is rendered with all of the beauty and flexibility of the LaTeX typesetting environment.

Extensive documentation and examples can be found in the pyxplot-doc package. A gallery of sample plots is available from the project’s web site.

There are three methods to install pyxplot on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pyxplot Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pyxplot using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pyxplot

Install pyxplot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pyxplot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pyxplot

Install pyxplot 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 pyxplot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pyxplot

How To Uninstall pyxplot on Debian 12

To uninstall only the pyxplot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pyxplot

Uninstall pyxplot And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pyxplot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pyxplot

Remove pyxplot Configurations and Data

To remove pyxplot configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pyxplot

Remove pyxplot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pyxplot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pyxplot

Dependencies

pyxplot have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyxplot package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.