plplot on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "plplot" 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 plplot on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall plplot on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "plplot" 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 plplot's git locally


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


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

ID: 1333939
Name: plplot
PackageBaseID: 1089
PackageBase: plplot
Version: 5.15.0-7
Description: A cross-platform software package for creating scientific plots
URL: http://plplot.sourceforge.net/
NumVotes: 48
Popularity: 1.0E-6
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jankoh
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1118201038
LastModified: 1697294990
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/plplot.tar.gz