Re: Compilation instructions for Windows and Mac OS X

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Tuesday 17 June 2008 12:51:00 pm Philipp K. Janert wrote:
> 
> For my book project, I would like to summarize 
> installation and compilation instructions for 
> gnuplot.
> 
> While the description for Windows seems rather
> straightforward, I have not been able to find
> installation instructions for Mac OS X. 

Step 1) remove Apple's version of libreadline
Step 2) install the "real" libreadline
Step 3) same as any other unix machine:
	./configure
	make install

If you want x11 support (which I highly recommend)
then add 

Step 0) install Apple X11 developer's kit

> Can somebody point me to a good resource?

http://xanana.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/xtal/wiki/


So far the wxt terminal doesn't work under OSX.
Timothée is working on a revised terminal that is compatible
with OSX, but that isn't likely to be available in an official release
until version 4.4 or 5.0.