Re: [Plplot-general] plplot on MacOS X

[Alan W. I. <ai...@us...>]

On 2003-11-20 10:45+0100 Michel Peyrard wrote:

>
> I tried to compile the plplot-5.2.1 on a Mac OS X (V. 1.3) computer and
> failed. The compilation goes through but I have a problem with ld (see
> message below).
>
> I need a fortran_enabled version.
>
> Has any one succeeded?  Is there by chance a binary package available (fink
> does not have it I think).

Here is the short story:

* The autotools versions we used to generate the 5.2.1 tarball do not
support Mac OS X.  Instead, use the experimental tarball available (built
with the latest autotools) at http://people.debian.org/~rafael/plplot.html.

* Rob Managan found the experimental tarball mostly worked on Mac OS X
(see his posts and my replies on plplot-general and plplot-devel), but
IIRC there were problems with fortran and using shared libraries due to
a macosx limitation on common blocks in shared libraries.  So I would suggest
trying the static library approach (the --disable-shared ./configure option)
first.  Remember, ./configure --help is your friend.

Good luck, and let us know how it goes.

Alan
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