Re: gnuplot problems and help ?

[Ben Abbott]

On May 10, 2012, at 11:17 PM, mcc_p wrote:

> Installed octave on a Mac running 10.6.8 2.4 GHz intel core duo.
> Here's what Gnuplot spits at me when I try to run sombrero()
> 
> octave-3.4.0:1> sombrero()
> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
>   Referenced from: /usr/X11/lib/libfontconfig.1.dylib
>   Reason: Incompatible library version: libfontconfig.1.dylib requires 
> version 14.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 13.0.0
> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
>   Referenced from: /usr/X11/lib/libfontconfig.1.dylib
>   Reason: Incompatible library version: libfontconfig.1.dylib requires 
> version 14.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 13.0.0
> /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot: line 71: 55475 
> Trace/BPT trap          GNUTERM="${GNUTERM}" GNUPLOT_HOME="${GNUPLOT_HOME}" 
> PATH="${PATH}" DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}" HOME="${HOME}" 
> GNUHELP="${GNUHELP}" DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH="${DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH}" 
> GNUPLOT_PS_DIR="${GNUPLOT_PS_DIR}" DISPLAY="${DISPLAY}" 
> GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR="${GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR}" "${ROOT}/bin/gnuplot-4.4.3" "$@"
> /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot: line 71: 55470 
> Trace/BPT trap          GNUTERM="${GNUTERM}" GNUPLOT_HOME="${GNUPLOT_HOME}" 
> PATH="${PATH}" DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}" HOME="${HOME}" 
> GNUHELP="${GNUHELP}" DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH="${DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH}" 
> GNUPLOT_PS_DIR="${GNUPLOT_PS_DIR}" DISPLAY="${DISPLAY}" 
> GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR="${GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR}" "${ROOT}/bin/gnuplot-4.4.3" "$@"
> 
> Some help would be super appreciated
> 
> Thanks
> Paul

Please read the "README" !

        
http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary/2011-04-21%20binary%20of%20Octave%203.4.0/

Alternatively, is an additional solution on the wiki below.

        http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle

Ben