How To Install qgle on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install qgle on CentOS 7. qgle is QT frontend to GLE

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qgle on CentOS 7.

What is qgle

GLE (Graphics Layout Engine) is a high-quality graphics package for scientists, combining a user-friendly scripting language with a full range of facilities for producing publication-quality graphs, diagrams, posters and slides. GLE provides LaTeX quality fonts together with a flexible graphics module which allows the user to specify any feature of a graph. Complex pictures can be drawn with user-defined subroutines and simple looping structures. Current output formats include EPS, PS, PDF, JPEG, and PNG. This package contains the QT frontend.

We can use yum or dnf to install qgle on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qgle.

Install qgle on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qgle using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qgle

Install qgle on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qgle using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qgle

How To Uninstall qgle on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove qgle

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qgle on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.