From: Alan C. <ala...@gm...> - 2021-03-25 13:22:05
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Yeah, don't mix building from source with using debs. Do a dpkg purge gnuplot, then make uninstall it. Unless you really need the latest version apt-get install gnuplot should work. But the debs can be a year or more old by the time they trickle through the stages of testing so it's almost always a different version. On Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 10:33 PM Ethan Merritt <eam...@gm...> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnuplot-info mailing list > gnu...@li... > Membership management via: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuplot-info > |