From: Ethan M. <eam...@gm...> - 2021-03-25 02:32:41
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On Wednesday, 24 March 2021 18:37:37 PDT Eliezer Richmond wrote: > I am trying to install gnuplot-5.4.1 in Linux OS using Ubuntu 64 bit 16.04.3 > > I have tried to install gnuplot-5.4.1 without success. I have read the faq > "How do I compile gnuplot on my system" and the INSTALL file in the > gnuplot-5.4.1 folder. > > I downloaded gnuplot-5.4.1.tar.gz and unzipped the file into > $HOME/gnuplot/gunuplot-5.4.1. You are mixing up two very different things. #1 is building and installing gnuplot from source files. #2 is downloading and installing whatever gnuplot package your distribution provides. Pick one or the other. > > > I then entered the commands > > ./configure > make Good so far. Assuming that you were happy with the output it shows about what optional components are being built, you should now have a runnable gnuplot sitting in the directory where you built it. > sudo apt install gnuplot But now you go completely wrong. "apt install" ignores the thing you just built. It goes out and looks for a package named "gnuplot" on some Ubuntu web site somewhere. Then installs it. Not the one you built. > make check That is checking the copy you built at step 1. > make install That is trying to insall the copy you just checked, but it will probably fail because you don't have the right permissions. Probably you need sudo make install > The 'sudo' command ran returning > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > gnuplot is already the newest version (4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1). Now you are back in camp #2. It is reporting on installation of the Ubuntu package rather than the newer gnuplot you just built. Don't do this. Do _not_ run "apt". hope that helps, Ethan [snip] > I hope you can resolve my problem. > > Eliezer Richmond |