How to Install gnuplot5 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install gnuplot5 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

gnuplot5 software package provides Command-line driven interactive plotting program, version 5, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gnuplot5 

gnuplot5 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the gnuplot5 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gnuplot5 *

You will get with gnuplot5 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

gnuplot5 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Mathematics
Package gnuplot5
Version 5.0.3+dfsg2-1
Description Command-line driven interactive plotting program, version 5
Sub Section Math


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