Dependencies (at time of this writing)

Install PLPLOT, BLAS, LAPACK development packages and locate package
liboctave-dev  (needed for mkoctfile)
libblas-dev:amd64
libblas3:amd64
libgslcblas0:amd64
liblastfm5-1:amd64
libopenblas-base:amd64
liblapack-dev:amd64
liblapack-doc
liblapack-doc-man
liblapack3:amd64
liblapacke:amd64
liblapacke-dev:amd64
libplplot-dev
libplplot-lua:amd64
libplplot-ocaml
libplplot16:amd64
libplplotcxx14:amd64
libplplotfortran0:amd64
libplplotqt2:amd64
libplplotwxwidgets1:amd64
octave-plplot:amd64
plplot-doc
plplot-driver-qt
plplot-driver-wxwidgets:amd64
plplot-driver-xwin:amd64
plplot-tcl
plplot-tcl-bin
plplot-tcl-dev
python3-plplot
python3-plplot-qt