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Re: [Gnuplot-info] Not able to install gnuplot succesfully
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From: Alan C. <ala...@gm...> - 2021-03-25 17:44:57
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If you want to manually remove files installed by apt/dpkg look in /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnuplot*.list Except if Ubuntu uses Debian's alternatives system of symlinks gnuplot is tangled up in that. galternatives is the GUI tool for dealing with it, or update-alternatives for command line. And the binary here at least (Raspbian) is /usr/bin/gnuplot-qt and the list is in gnuplot-qt.list On 3/25/21, Ethan Merritt <eam...@gm...> wrote: > On Thursday, 25 March 2021 06:45:45 PDT Eliezer Richmond wrote: >> Ethan, >> >> I followed your instructions. Since I downloaded and unzipped the file >> with gunzip and extracted the file with tar xvf into the directory >> $HOME/gnuplot/gnuplot-5.4.1, >> I started with "./configure --prefix=$HOME/gnuplot/gnuplot-5.4.1". > > That configures it in such a way that the final "install" command > will put it in $HOME/gnuplot/gnuplot-5.4.1/bin. > > That would make sense if you were building it on someone else's > machine where you did not have permission to change anything outside > of your own login directory. > It doesn't make much sense on your own machine - if it's in your > own directory you can run it even without the "install" step. > > >> I then issued the "make" command and then the "make check" command. Next, >> I issued "sudo make install". I tested gnuplot and obtained the same >> result as before, i.e. gnuplot-5.0.3 opened. In desperation, I issued >> "make install" but obtained the same gnuplot version. > >> Then I thought that maybe it was a PATH problem so I issued "export >> PATH=$HOME/gnuplot/gnuplot-5..6.1/bin:$PATH". > > Do you mean "export PATH=$HOME/gnuplot/gnuplot-5.4.1/bin:$PATH"? > That should work, at least for the terminal session you are in at that > moment. > > To make it permanent you would have to add that directory to > /etc/ld.so.conf.d > But that would be crazy. If you have root permission to modify the > system load path then you would be better off using that permission > to install the program in the normal place - /usr/bin (or /usr/local/bin) > >> I checked and the addition was included in the PATH. I tested gnuplot >> again and got gnuplo-5.0.3. Next, I examined the contents of the >> directory "/usr/bin", and found three entries - gnuplot, gnuplot5, and >> gnuplot5-nox. I looked at these files with the editor to find that they >> each had a long list of alphanumeric characters. I tried to remove them >> with a response that "permission denied". > > That is the purpose of using the "sudo" command wrapper. > It lets you add/remove/modify files that require system privilege. > >> Could you direct me as to what I am doing wrong? > > ./configure > # Inspect output to make sure it is building all the pieces you want > # e.g. if the summary at the end says something like > # airo-based terminals: no (requires cairo>=1.2, pango>=1.22, > glib>=2.28 > # it is telling you that you need to install those support packages before > # configuring gnuplot to use them > > make >& make.log > # Inspect log file for warnings or errors > > make check > # The new gnuplot that you just built should run through a bunch of demos > > sudo make install > # At this point the new gnuplot should be in /usr/local/bin > # The new qt and x11 terminals should be in /usr/local/libexec/ > # And lots of documentation and support files should be in > /usr/local/share/gnuplot/5.4 > > If your system doesn't normally use the /usr/local directories > (I don't know about Ubuntu), then you can either > > (a) > add /usr/local to /etc/ld.so.conf.d > (b) > make /usr/local be a symlink to /usr before doing "make install" !! > (c) > modify the configure at step #1 to be > ./configure --prefix=/usr > > There might still be some error messages from "make install" > if your system uses a different convention than the gnuplot > configure script expects for certain things. > For example it might well be that Ubuntu keeps TeX support files > in a different place than gnuplot's default. > > cheers, > > Ethan > > >> Thank you in advance for your help >> >> Eliezer >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ethan Merritt <eam...@gm...> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 10:33 PM >> To: gnu...@li... >> Cc: Eliezer Richmond <eli...@gm...> >> Subject: Re: [Gnuplot-info] Not able to install gnuplot succesfully >> >> 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 > -- ------------- Education is contagious. |
