[Plplot-general] Source and binary rpm's for RedHat 7.1 released for PLplot 5.0.3

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

Abed M. Hammoud has kindly created source and binary rpm's on his RH-7.1
system for PLplot 5.0.3.  These rpms can be downloaded from
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2915&release_id=35438/plplot-5.0.3-4.src.rpm
and
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2915&release_id=35438/plplot-5.0.3-4.i386.rpm.
(To access the RH 6.2 versions that have been available at sourceforge for
some time substitute plplot-5.0.3-1 for plplot-5.0.3-4 in the above names).

Unlike the RH 6.2 rpm's which are necessarily limited due to old versions of
Tcl and other packages on RH 6.2 which we do not support, the RH 7.1 rpm's
correspond (with two exceptions) to a full double-precision configuration of
PLplot 5.0.3.  Thus, along with virtually everything else you expect in
PLplot, the new rpm's include the Tcl/Tk, python, c++, and fortran front
ends; the new gnome (experimental) driver; the new png and jpeg drivers; and
the new documentation in a variety of forms. The exceptions to the full
configuration are the itcl part of Tcl/Tk front end and the octave front
end.

Our tests have included Abed using the plplot-test.sh script to create psc,
png, and jpeg files on his system corresponding to all the examples.  That
is a pretty comprehensive test that everything configured is built okay, but
since we are both relatively inexperienced at making rpm's please be careful
out there when using these rpm's.  In particular the dependencies may need
some work.

If you find any problem with these RH 7.1 rpm's, please let Abed
<abe...@ya...> know about it since he is taking full responsibilty
for these rpm's. I have consulted with Abed in the creation of these rpm's,
but I can only help with questions about these rpm's in a general way
because I have no access to RH 7.1 (yet).  I will continue to take full
responsibility for the RH 6.2 rpm's.

Alan W. Irwin

email: ir...@be...
phone: 250-727-2902	FAX: 250-721-7715
snail-mail:
Dr. Alan W. Irwin
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055,
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8W 3P6 
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