Re: Octave won't plot in GNU

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 22, 2012, at 11:37 PM, Timothy Field wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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
> 
> <snip>

> 
> >> > 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
> 
> Ben, I am running OS X, 10.6.8

Do you have X11 installed? It will be located at /Applications/Utilities/X11.app

Ben