[Plplot-general] gd-related failure to install on Mac OS X (Fink)

[Duncan H. <ha...@Pr...>]

Hi

I have been trying to install the plplot  package on Mac OS X
10.3 using fink.

There is some problem with the gd library I cannot resolve:
get-drv-info  gd   fails always

creating get-drv-info
./get-drv-info `echo dg300.la | sed 's/.la//'` > dg300.rc
./get-drv-info `echo gd.la | sed 's/.la//'` > gd.rc
ltdl.c:2460: failed assertion `dirname'
make[2]: *** [gd.rc] Error 134
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2
### execution of make failed, exit code 2
Failed: compiling plplot-5.3.0-12 failed

This happens when either the gd209  (gd-2.0.9-13) or the gd2  
(gd-2.0.23-25)
fink-10.3/unstable packages are installed.

Any ideas?

If anyone is able to install plplot from fink (please check if it still 
works)
could they let me know what gd packages they are using?

I would guess this  is a packaging problem, but I have no idea.

The problem is there when I run
"get-drv-info XX" with XX=gd
(XX=dg300 works)

(I tried putting strategic printf's in ltdl,.c and rebuilding it
and  get-drv-info, to see if I coulds understand what the
problem was, but that didnt clarify things...)

Thanks for any suggestions
(an in particular, any confirmation that someone
else can install plplot from fink/10.3/unstable today)

Duncan Haldane