How to Install and Uninstall gnuplot Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "gnuplot" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gnuplot on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gnuplot" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall gnuplot on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnuplot
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnuplot package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gnuplot
Architecture: all
Version: 5.2.8+dfsg1-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/math
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 32
Depends: gnuplot-qt | gnuplot-x11 | gnuplot-nox
Suggests: gnuplot-doc
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnuplot/gnuplot_5.2.8+dfsg1-2_all.deb
Size: 3792
MD5sum: 6bf4d32c7c701ed48575d681b9351865
SHA1: a1a5dc161a331961a2d42e49d9aa603e106a8065
SHA256: 7efbe2859140933974f8ff0bda56d6205fb0961a5fb4e3d980f5964e30627b99
SHA512: f002864676a74279a43d37fcba8343872d1cad803a561e898c48c522dc5e8ae25cdf7aafaad4c357cd34f8a6fe3bdec5d8194d6e0e746b26e802a6a6d7a8d596
Homepage: http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/
Description-en: Command-line driven interactive plotting program.
Gnuplot is a portable command-line driven interactive data and function
plotting utility that supports lots of output formats, including drivers
for many printers, (La)TeX, (x)fig, Postscript, and so on. The X11-output
is packaged in gnuplot-x11.
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Data files and self-defined functions can be manipulated by the internal
C-like language. Can perform smoothing, spline-fitting, or nonlinear fits,
and can work with complex numbers.
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This metapackage is to install a full-featured gnuplot (-qt, -x11 or -nox).
Description-md5: 0d4836958a95d3c2e95ef10c1010d671