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How do I get gnuplot on Ubuntu?

Posted on by Arif Clayton

How do I get gnuplot on Ubuntu?

Detailed Instructions:

  1. Run update command to update package repositories and get latest package information.
  2. Run the install command with -y flag to quickly install the packages and dependencies. sudo apt-get install -y gnuplot.
  3. Check the system logs to confirm that there are no related errors.

How do I install gnuplot?

Installing Gnuplot on Windows

  1. Choose the download for gnuplot 4.2.
  2. Download the file gp424win32.zip.
  3. Create a folder named gnuplot directly under C:\
  4. extract all of the zip file into that folder.
  5. Use Explorer to go to C:\gnuplot, and find the bin subdirectory.
  6. Create a desktop shortcut to this executable.

How do I start gnuplot?

To start gnuplot under MS Windows, double-click on the gnuplot icon. The gnuplot window will pop up with menus and buttons along the top, the opening message and the gnuplot> prompt inside the window. To start gnuplot under OS/2, open the folder where gnuplot is located, and double click on the gnuplot icon.

How do I open a gnuplot file in Python?

To install Gnuplot.py:

  1. Download either gnuplot-py-1.8. tar. gz or Gnuplot-1.8. zip .
  2. Gunzip and untar (or unzip) it, which will create a directory called gnuplot-1.8 .
  3. Refer to README. txt in that directory for further instructions. Usually it should be enough to type python setup.py install .

How to install gnuplot on a Ubuntu system?

Gnuplot is simple to install and use on Ubuntu systems as the latest version is included in the Ubuntu repositories. One part that is not included by default is auto complete at the gnuplot command line. In order to install gnuplot and enable auto complete, simply open a terminal, and type the following command sudo apt-get install gnuplot rlwrap

How to run gnuplot-P script in Bash?

If you would further like to run e.g. ‘gnuplot -p script’, you should set the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR environment variable for the corresponding temporary storage. Add to your ~/.bashrc, where “an/appropriate/dir” can be something like “runtime-” + your user name.

Which is the open source X Server for gnuplot?

Another (open source!) x server is VcXsrv. You can enable ANY graphical application (not only gnuplot) for WSL. launch xlaunch.exe (e.g. in “C:\\Program Files\\VcXsrv\unch.exe”). You should pay extra attention to the following options during configuration: