about labplot installation

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:

1. Download it from SoureForge (v2.0.1
2. Unpack it (tar xjf labplot-2.0.1.tar.bz2)
3. 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)