How To Install qtiplot on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtiplot on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is qtiplot
qtiplot is:
Qtiplot is a fully fledged plotting software similar to the OriginLab Origin software (See http://www.originlab.com for more information about Origin).
It can make two and three dimensional plots of publication quality, both from datasets and functions. It can do non-linear fitting and multi-peak fitting.
Some Features:
- Cross platform: works natively on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux/Unix systems
- Fully Python scriptable
- OpenGL based 3D plotting
- Publication quality plots and easy export to various image formats (EMF, EPS, PS, PDF, SVG, BMP, JPG, PNG, TIFF, etc …)
- Easy integration with LaTeX typesetting system
- Powerful and versatile spreadsheets with column-logic calculations and easy import/export of multiple files
- One-click access to extensive built-in data analysis routines
- Advanced statistical analysis: Student’s t-Test, ANOVA, chi-square test for variance, normality test (Shapiro-Wilk)
- Linear and nonlinear curve fitting with weighting and estimation of statistical errors of the fit-parameters
- Multi-peak fitting
- Image analysis tools
- Templates support: all settings for plots, tables and matrices can be saved and restored later on for a fast editing process
- Project files based on folders, a powerful project explorer with built-in drag and drop and searching facilities
- Full import of Excel workbooks and Open Document Format spreadsheets, dBase, SQLite and Microsoft Access databases
There are three methods to install qtiplot on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qtiplot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qtiplot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qtiplot
Install qtiplot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qtiplot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qtiplot
Install qtiplot 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 qtiplot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qtiplot
How To Uninstall qtiplot on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qtiplot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qtiplot
Uninstall qtiplot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qtiplot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qtiplot
Remove qtiplot Configurations and Data
To remove qtiplot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qtiplot
Remove qtiplot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qtiplot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qtiplot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qtiplot package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
