Information about the package, plotutils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The plotutils package is designed for, GNU vector and raster graphics utilities and libraries.
Package Name:
plotutils
Summary:
GNU vector and raster graphics utilities and libraries
Description:
The GNU plotutils package contains software for both programmers and technical users. Its centerpiece is libplot, a powerful C/C++ function library for exporting 2-D vector graphics in many file formats, both vector and raster. It can also do vector graphics animations. Besides libplot, the package contains command-line programs for plotting scientific data. Many of them use libplot to export graphics
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.5
Release:
7.1.el6
Size:
1.3 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the plotutils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install plotutils
This command will install plotutils on the server.
yum remove plotutils
This command will un-install plotutils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove plotutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove plotutils
This command will un-install plotutils on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove plotutils when using the -y flag.
yum update plotutils
This command will update plotutils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove plotutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update plotutils
This command will update plotutils to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove plotutils when using the -y flag.
yum info plotutils
This command will show you core information about the plotutils package.
yum deplist plotutils
This command will show you the dependencies for plotutils. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update plotutils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on plotutils. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.