Octave

[Robert Fong-tom]

On Nov 22, 2008, at 3:50 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Nov 22, 2008, at 12:55, Robert Fong-tom wrote:
>
>> As I said in a previous email I am running OS X 10.4.11 on a Intel  
>> MacBook Pro. My GNUPLOT was not ported from MacPorts. I was  
>> downloaded earlier (before porting Octave). It is one rev behind  
>> (ver 4.4 patchlevel 3) current level..
>>
>> Since GNUPLOT is a dependence of Octave, should this matter that  
>> it was not ported via MacPorts?
>>
>>  If I port GNULOT now from MacPorts will it work automatically  
>> with Octave?
>>
>>  Or do I have to make some changes to the .profile and .bashrc file?
>
> MacPorts is supposed to only use its own software (e.g. its own  
> version of gnuplot), not any other version you might already have  
> installed. See:
>
> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#WhyisMacPortsusingitsownlibraries
>
> As you said, octave declares a dependency on gnuplot. Therefore, if  
> you have installed octave with MacPorts, then the MacPorts version  
> of gnuplot has already been installed for you. You can verify this  
> by checking the list produced by typing:
>
> port installed
>
> I do not know what you have to do to get octave to use that version  
> of gnuplot.
>
Indeed when I type port installed it shows that I have gnuplot ver  
4.2.3! However when I type gnuplot from a terminal window it shows  
gnuplot 4.2.2 and "Terninal type set to 'unknown'". I'll have to  
research this further. Thanks