Re: [Plplot-general] Problem installing on OS X

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Getting closer 8^)

> You need to run ./configure with --disable-octave & then hopefully  
> you'll be in the clear. The error "undefined symbol _plparseopts"  
> has been a long standing problem with Octave on OS-X. It has been  
> fixed in the cvs version, but there haven't been any releases in a  
> while. Ideally we'll have new a release in a month or so and you  
> can grab that and use plplot with octave.
>
> best,
> -Hazen
>

Configure results:

command:        ./configure --disable-dyndrivers --disable-f77 -- 
disable-octave
host:           powerpc-apple-darwin8.5.0
have_x:         yes
prefix:         /usr/local
CC:             gcc
CXX:            g++
LIB_TAG:        d
devices:         aqt hp7470 hp7580 lj_hpgl mem null pbm plmeta ps psc  
pstex xfig xwin

Available device drivers:
static:         aqt.lo hpgl.lo mem.lo null.lo pbm.lo plmeta.lo ps.lo  
pstex.lo xfig.lo xwin.lo
dynamic:

Compilation options:
with_debug:     no

Library options:
enable_shared:  yes             enable_static:  yes
with_rpath:     yes             with_double:    yes

Optional libraries:
with_qhull:     no              with_csa:       yes
with_freetype:  no              with_pthreads:  no

Language Bindings:
enable_tcl:     no              enable_itcl:    no
enable_cxx:     yes             enable_f77:     no
enable_java:    no              enable_python:  no
enable_octave:  no              enable_pdl:     no





make LIBS="-Wl,-framework -Wl,Foundation"
     No errors reported. This time "make" ran quickly compared to  
previous runs.




But now:

[AlBook:Programming/Plotting_Stuff/plplot-5.5.3] me% make install
Making install in drivers
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
test -z "/usr/local/share/doc/plplot" || /Applications/Programming/ 
Plotting_Stuff/plplot-5.5.3/cf/install-sh -d "/usr/local/share/doc/ 
plplot"
mkdir: /usr/local/share/doc: Permission denied
make[2]: *** [install-docDATA] Error 1
make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1


The only thing at /usr/local/share/ is
.DS_Store
emacs
gnuplot
octave

i.e., no docs/

Jerry