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Re: Problem with simple graphics
From: |
Ben Abbott |
Subject: |
Re: Problem with simple graphics |
Date: |
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:54:03 -0500 |
On Feb 19, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Bernard Abramson wrote:
> On Feb 19, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Bernard Abramson wrote:
>
>> On Feb 19, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>
>>> *** please reply-all so that others may benefit from our exchange ***
>>>
>>> *** also respond at the bottom so that the entire exchange can be read from
>>> top to bottom ***
>>>
>>> On Feb 19, 2012, at 10:28 AM, Bernard Abramson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Feb 18, 2012, at 9:36 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>> Ben,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the quick reply.
>>>>
>>>> system('which gnuplot')
>>>>
>>>> yields the same answer you quoted.
>>>>
>>>> system gnuplot
>>>>
>>>> yields:
>>>>
>>>> sh: /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot: /bin/sh: bad
>>>> interpreter: Operation not permitted
>>>> ans = 126
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I'm using OS X 10.7.3
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions will be appreciated. Whatever is wrong must be minor as
>>>> there ought to be many many successful installations of Octave on Mac.
>>>>
>>>> Bernard
>>>
>>> It looks like the change you made to the gnuplot script introduced a syntax
>>> error.
>>>
>>> Any chance you edited the file below with Textedit ?
>>>
>>> /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot
>>>
>>> If so, you'll need to be sure to save it as plain text. When saving be sure
>>> you select "Plain Text Encoding [Unicode (UTF-8)] and uncheck the box to
>>> make sure ".txt" isn't used as an extension.
>>>
>>> If the gnuplot script was saved correctly, then I suspect you made a
>>> mistake in modifying it ... or the instructions you followed contained a
>>> mistake.
>>>
>>> We recently updated the instructions for fixing gnuplot under Lion. See the
>>> README at the link below.
>>>
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary/2011-04-21%20binary%20of%20Octave%203.4.0/
>>>
>>> Ben
>>
>> Ben,
>>
>> Yes I did use TextEdit to make the 4 changes to the DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH in
>> gnuplot listed at
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary/2011-04-21%20binary%20of%20Octave%203.4.0/
>>
>> So I reinstalled gnuplot.app, edited the file gnuplot using emacs and re-ran
>> Octave. This time no error message, AquaTerm started but no plot window
>> opened. I think that I'm only one step away from having this working so
>> your help is much appreciated.
>>
>> Bernard
>
> OK, progress. I included the line
>
> setenv("GNUTERM","x11")
>
> and obtained plots. However,
>
> setenv("GNUTERM","aqua")
>
> causes Aquaterm to open but nothing is plotted.
>
> Bernard
Try running gnuplot directly.
If the terminal isn't set to aqua by default, type ...
set terminal aqua
Then type
plot sin(x)
Do you get a plot ?
Ben
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