How to Install and Uninstall gnuplot Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "gnuplot" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gnuplot on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall gnuplot on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gnuplot
Architecture: all
Version: 4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/math
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 33
Depends: gnuplot5-qt | gnuplot5-x11 | gnuplot5-nox
Suggests: feedgnuplot, gnuplot-doc, libgnuplot-iostream-dev, python-gnuplot
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnuplot/gnuplot_4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size: 7074
MD5sum: bafb6955beb43366f9949e482c85bc1c
SHA1: 52a5d0ce6ebd7da25a9654ba6c4378377364d276
SHA256: 89a54c1cef3f8dbd070a29c2bfbe1ac2445362b5237fb7e31fca3222ad8af50b
SHA512: 1475ff2ac797677b0778f4fe92feb4edd3da72f6f4f3a417ef662217e2ff64df149f1ae6408f5f54a855d6b2d4d38747136d7a1c3807986f5ff6e346c4c789f1
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.
.
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.
.
This package is for transition and to install a full-featured gnuplot
supporting the X11-output.
Description-md5: b2ac0aa5223bfd496fa5deeb90e3125b

Package: gnuplot
Priority: optional
Section: universe/math
Installed-Size: 33
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Science Team
Architecture: all
Version: 4.6.6-3
Depends: gnuplot5-qt | gnuplot5-x11 | gnuplot5-nox
Suggests: feedgnuplot, gnuplot-doc, libgnuplot-iostream-dev, python-gnuplot
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnuplot/gnuplot_4.6.6-3_all.deb
Size: 6970
MD5sum: d187c1efe9000ab6185d5a544314c5f7
SHA1: dc3b43d4387631cfe3186eecd032575bf26604ab
SHA256: ac725aa86ff14897ba21a1a1c13cc2b56e526a283af8c6b72f3c5cdf426a8e16
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.
.
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.
.
This package is for transition and to install a full-featured gnuplot
supporting the X11-output.
Description-md5: b2ac0aa5223bfd496fa5deeb90e3125b
Homepage: http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu