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#221 gnuplot-4.2.6-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
Hey guys,
I’ve been looking for this rpm version for a while to install however can’t seem to find it anywhere. Basically, some of our database servers are using Redhat 5.5 OS which provides gnuplot-4.0.0-14.el5.x86_64 but we need 4.2 version requested by a DB administrator so am wondering that you guys have it. Please let me know when you guys have a chance.
Thanks,
Sean
This version comes with RHEL/CentOS 6.9. You should be able to retrieve the srpm from the CentOS vault and rebuild.
Hi Lars, thanks for letting me know:) but I'm not sure how to rebuild it though. Do I all need to do is to change el6 to el5?
Sean Kim writes:
(I tried to email you privately but our SF id is unknown on the SF mail server?)
It is slightly more involved since there was an rpm format update from 5 to 6. You can't just install the srpm.
Grap the srpm and copy it to the standard build location under RHEL5, which is /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES. Unpack it using rpm2cpio bla.rpm |cpio -dim. Copy the spec file to ../SPECS (copy so that you have a backup). cd to ../SPECS and edit this file if necessary. Then try to rebuild using rpmbuild -ba --define 'dist .el5' bla.spec. If there are errors, fix them ;-)
Btw. I'm with Ethan in principle, but am also only too familiar with the quirks of a managed corporate environment ...
I assume that any requirement for installing from an rpm isn't really about the rpm format but instead is an attempt to control the provenance. From that perspective building a roll-your-own rpm from source+SPEC is likely no more permissible than building from the upstream source, in which case you might as well download the original source tarball from our SourceForge site. I still suggest upgrading 4.6 (last in the version 4 series) rather than 4.2.
1) We don't provide rpms
2) Gnuplot versions 4.0 and 4.2 are ridiculously ancient. No wonder you are having trouble finding rpms! Seriously, you want to "upgrade" to 10-year-old software, forgoing a decade of bug fixes and improvement?
Haha, I know;; but swtiching the OS for now will be a headache to simply install the version on RHEL / CentOS 6.9. Thanks for answering, Ethan:)