Specifics for various platforms

Before reading this section you should consult Building_PLplot to obtain generic build instructions.

Linux

• Linux
• List of Debian/Ubuntu packages - in order to be able to configure and compile the PLplot library this page contains a list of Debian/Ubuntu packages needed.
• Additional notes for ifort users

Mac OSX

• Mac OSX instructions

Windows

Free and open-source tools to help build PLplot on Windows

• Install MinGW/MSYS
• Install SWIG
• Install Python
• Install Lua
• Install 3rd party libraries

Instructions per Windows platform

• Configure PLplot for Visual CXX
• Configure PLplot for MinGW/CLI
• Configure PLplot for cygwin
• Configure PLplot for Borland CXX 5.5 (free command line tools)
• Configure PLplot for Borland Turbo C++ Explorer Edition (free IDE and compiler)