ploticus on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "ploticus" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install ploticus on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall ploticus on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "ploticus" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone ploticus's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ploticus.git 
            
                        
                ~/ploticus
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/ploticus folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/ploticus
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ploticus package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 458387
Name: ploticus
PackageBaseID: 99505
PackageBase: ploticus
Version: 2.42.r201406-2
Description: produce plots and graphs in GIF, PNG, PostScript, SVG from CSV like data
URL: http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/doc/welcome.html
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: severach
Submitter: severach
FirstSubmitted: 1441619045
LastModified: 1509885174
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/ploticus.tar.gz