Re: Help with plot on Macbook

[Julius Smith]

I recently got into this state (plot not working) after
saying "port upgrade installed".  I never figured out
exactly how I was losing, but here is how I recovered:

As root:
* port uninstall octave 
* Download and install octave.app.dmg from the sourceforge Octave
download page 
 
(


http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2888&package_id=237839
)
* Download and install packages Miscellaneous, Optim, Signal,
Audio, etc., from 
http://octave.sourceforge.net/ 
* ln -s /Applications/octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
/usr/bin/octave 
* ln -s /Applications/GnuPlot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot
/usr/bin/gnuplot 
* ln -s /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/mkoctfile
/usr/bin/mkoctfile 

-- Julius

At 01:43 PM 1/3/2009, Gerard Awanou wrote:

> I am running Mac OS 10.4.11. I
> tried to run octave and gnuplot from the 
> X11 terminal but it did not recognize these commands.
> However I can run Octave directly.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gerard
>
> On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, Ben Abbott wrote:
>
> > Ok, the install looks ok. The binary package you have will first
> look in the 
> > path for gnuplot and then assume it is in the applications folder.
> (The 
> > 'which gnuplot' checks the path). In any event, your install of
> gnuplot looks 
> > ok.
> >
> > I should have asked before, what version of OSX are you
> running?
> >
> > If your version is 10.4 or less, try starting x11 prior to running
> octave.
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > On Jan 3, 2009, at 5:23 AM, Gerard Awanou wrote:
> >
> >> Thank you for your quick reply Ben
> >> 
> >> I got Octave from
>
> http://octave.sourceforge.net/ I believe. I installed
> >> gnuplot from the Extras folder.
> >> After I typed "getenv('GNUTERM')", I got
> >> ans =
> >> 
> >> gnuplot appears to be installed. It opens in a terminal with the
> message
> >> exec
> '/Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot'
> >> followed by information about the version and finally the
> message
> >> Terminal type set to 'aqua'
> >> 
> >> However when I type on a terminal which gnuplot I get the
> message
> >> no gnuplot in /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin
> /usr/texbin
> >> 
> >> I must say that a few months ago, I unsuccessfully tried to fix
> an
> >> installation of Octave by playing around with the commands
> sudo,
> >> Aquaterm and X11 following suggestions on the internet. I now
> have X11
> >> installed.
> >> 
> >> Thanks again.
> >> 
> >> Gerard
> >> 
> >> On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Ben Abbott wrote:
> >> 
> >>> 
> >>> On Jan 2, 2009, at 10:09 PM, Gerard Awanou wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> Greetings
> >>>> 
> >>>> I am having trouble with Octave on my Macbook. The
> command plot([1 2 3])
> >>>> runs but nothing happens.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thanks for your anticiapted reply
> >>>> 
> >>>> Gerard Awanou
> >>> 
> >>> Where/how did you obtain octave?
> >>> 
> >>> Did you install gnuplot?
> >>> 
> >>> If you are not sure, check to see if "gnuplot" is
> in you Applications 
> >>> folder.
> >>> Open a Terminal window (Terminal is in
> Applications/Utilities) and type
> >>> "which gnuplot". If you get nothing, and you have
> the octave.dmg open it.
> >>> You'll find gnuplot.dmg in the Extra's folder.
> >>> 
> >>> If gnuplot is on you system, type
> "getenv('GNUTERM')" in octave's window 
> >>> and
> >>> let us know what happens.
> >>> 
> >>> Ben
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Julius O. Smith III <address@hidden>
Prof. of Music and Assoc. Prof. (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering
CCRMA, Stanford University
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/