plplot fails to build

[Joshua Root]

Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
> How do I see (a) all variants the port provides, (b) the variants the
> port is installed with?  Then, how do I change (b) by selecting other
> variants from (a)?

(a) port variants <portname>
(b) port installed <portname>
(c) sudo port -f uninstall <portname> ;
sudo port install <portname> +variant1 +variant2 ...

> Is it possible to add +x11 to gtk things compiled as +no_x11 without
> forcing those things of using quartz to use x11, selectively?

That would depend on the individual port, but it seems in general that
it is not.

- Josh