Re: Problem with simple graphics

[Ben Abbott]

On Feb 18, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Bernard Abramson wrote:

> I have the current version of Octave (3.4.0) running on the current version 
> of Mac OS X.  I have installed Gnuplot.  I have corrected the  
> DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH problem in  Gnuplot-4.4.3.  However, when I appempt to plot 
> in Octave I obtain:
> 
> octave-3.4.0:1> sombrero(25)
> error: popen2: popen2 (child): unable to start process -- Operation not 
> permitted
> error: called from:
> error:   
> /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__gnuplot_open_stream__.m
>  at line 30, column 44
> error:   
> /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/3.4.0/m/plot/__gnuplot_drawnow__.m
>  at line 72, column 19
> sh: /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot: /bin/sh: bad 
> interpreter: Operation not permitted
> error: `unset' undefined near line 2 column 1
> warning: broken pipe -- some output may be lost
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Bernard Abramson

What do you get when you type ...

        system ('which gnuplot')

... I get ...

        /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot

If so, what happens when you type ? ....

        system gnuplot

By "current verrsion of MacOS X do you refer to 10.7.3?

Ben