Re: Octave won't plot in GNU

[Sergei Steshenko]

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> From: Timothy Field <address@hidden>
>To: address@hidden 
>Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 1:21 AM
>Subject: Octave won't plot in GNU
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>Hi all,
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>I've recently downloaded Octave 3.4.0 and the corresponding newest version of 
>GNU plot on my macbook pro. But I am still unable to plot anything from the 
>plot() command in Octave. I get long error messages such as:
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>Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>warning: could not match any font: *-normal-normal-10
>warning: ft_render: unable to load appropriate font
>dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
>  Referenced from: /usr/X11/lib/libfontconfig.1.dylib
>  Reason: Incompatible library version: libfontconfig.1.dylib requires version 
>14.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 13.0.0
>dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
>  Referenced from: /usr/X11/lib/libfontconfig.1.dylib
>  Reason: Incompatible library version: libfontconfig.1.dylib requires version 
>14.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 13.0.0
>/Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot: line 71: 58238 
>Trace/BPT trap          GNUTERM="${GNUTERM}" GNUPLOT_HOME="${GNUPLOT_HOME}" 
>PATH="${PATH}" DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}" HOME="${HOME}" 
>GNUHELP="${GNUHELP}" DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH="${DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH}" 
>GNUPLOT_PS_DIR="${GNUPLOT_PS_DIR}" DISPLAY="${DISPLAY}" 
>GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR="${GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR}" "${ROOT}/bin/gnuplot-4.4.3" "$@"
>/Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot: line 71: 58234 
>Trace/BPT trap          GNUTERM="${GNUTERM}" GNUPLOT_HOME="${GNUPLOT_HOME}" 
>PATH="${PATH}" DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}" HOME="${HOME}" 
>GNUHELP="${GNUHELP}" DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH="${DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH}" 
>GNUPLOT_PS_DIR="${GNUPLOT_PS_DIR}" DISPLAY="${DISPLAY}" 
>GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR="${GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR}" "${ROOT}/bin/gnuplot-4.4.3" "$@"
>warning: broken pipe -- some output may be lost
>warning: broken pipe -- some output may be lost
>warning: broken pipe -- some output may be lost
>warning: broken pipe -- some output may be lost
>warning: broken pipe -- some output may be lost
>warning: broken pipe -- some output may be lost
>warning: broken pipe -- some output may be lost
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>So I see a lot of "Incompatible library version" errors and I'm not sure what 
>that could be. I've followed some help recently from this and other forums 
>(such as uninstalling both and reinstalling GNU plot first, which I'm not sure 
>if I did correctly, and changing some lines in GNU plot referring to certain 
>libraries to be compatible with OS X as recommended on the official site)
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>If you know anything, I'd really appreciate some help. Thank you
>
>Tim Field | (650)521-6488   
>



'gnuplot' has nothing to do with GNU (see gnuplot.info).


Regarding your problem - isn't

"

Reason: Incompatible library version: libfontconfig.1.dylib requires 
version 14.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 13.0.0
"

message self-explanatory ? I.e. you have a version mismatch between 
'libfontconfig' and 'libfreetype'. It's not an 'octave' problem and not a 
'gnuplot' problem.

Regards,
  Sergei.


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