When I was using ubuntu 10.04. labplot 1.6 was in the repository but in ubuntu 14.10 it is not there.New version of labplot 2 is relied for other destro but not for ubuntu. I tried to install .rpm pkg using alien conversion of .deb but error came.
please help in this matter.
2 Answers
You can download .deb version from the Debian site and install it using Software Centre or Gdebi.
To avoid problems with packages built for different distributions I would suggest building labplot from source:
- Download it from SoureForge (v2.0.1
- Unpack it (
tar xjf labplot-2.0.1.tar.bz2) - Have a look at the INSTALL file in the unpacked directory and follow the instructions there.
- You might need to install the build-essential package (
sudo apt-get install build-essential) for the needed compilers and programs first. - labplot depends on Qt4.7 or newer, so you also need to install at least the Qt development packages (
sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev)
- You might need to install the build-essential package (
