Re: Octave won't plot in GNU

[Ben Abbott]

Please reply-all so that other can follow along. Also, please Also please avoid 
top-posting.

On Apr 22, 2012, at 10:25 PM, Timothy Field wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 22, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Timothy Field wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > 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:
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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)
>> >
>> > If you know anything, I'd really appreciate some help. Thank you
>> >
>> > Tim Field | (650)521-6488
>> 
>> Tim,
>> 
>> We've seen this problem reported before and included a fix in the wiki. See 
>> the section "Install gnuplot & Aquaterm"
>> 
>>        http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> Thank you Ben,
> 
> I downloaded the piece you mentioned and reinstalled Octave but now when I go 
> to plot I get these lines where the old error lines were, everything else is 
> the same:
> 
> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.4.dylib
>   Referenced from: 
> /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot-4.2.5
>   Reason: image not found
> dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.4.dylib
>   Referenced from: 
> /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot-4.2.5
>   Reason: image not found
> 
> It looks like the library version is now compatible, but there is still a 
> problem with the content. Any chance this has been a common problem as well?
> 
> Tim Field | (650)521-6488

I don't recall running into this problem before. What version of MacOS are you 
running?

Ben