How to Install and Uninstall plplot.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "plplot.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install plplot.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "plplot.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall plplot.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the plplot.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last metadata expiration check: 1 day, 7:32:13 ago on Sun May 9 13:03:46 2021.
Available Packages
Name : plplot
Version : 5.14.0
Release : 8.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 509 k
Source : plplot-5.14.0-8.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
Summary : Library of functions for making scientific plots
URL : http://plplot.sourceforge.net/
License : LGPLv2+
Description : PLplot is a library of functions that are useful for making scientific
: plots.
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: PLplot can be used from within compiled languages such as C, C++,
: FORTRAN and Java, and interactively from interpreted languages such as
: Octave, Python, Perl and Tcl.
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: The PLplot library can be used to create standard x-y plots, semilog
: plots, log-log plots, contour plots, 3D surface plots, mesh plots, bar
: charts and pie charts. Multiple graphs (of the same or different sizes)
: may be placed on a single page with multiple lines in each graph.
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: A variety of output file devices such as Postscript, png, jpeg, LaTeX
: and others, as well as interactive devices such as xwin, tk, xterm and
: Tektronics devices are supported. New devices can be easily added by
: writing a small number of device dependent routines.
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: There are almost 2000 characters in the extended character set. This
: includes four different fonts, the Greek alphabet and a host of
: mathematical, musical, and other symbols. Some devices supports its own
: way of dealing with text, such as the Postscript and LaTeX drivers, or
: the png and jpeg drivers that uses the Freetype library.