Re: Octave won't plot in GNU

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 23, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Timothy Field wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On Apr 23, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
> >
> > 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
> 
> If you do have X11 installed, then run the gnuplot app in your Applications 
> folder.
> 
> When it opens, you should see the "Terminal type set to 'aqua'".
> 
> At the prompt, type "plot sin(x))"
> 
> Do you get a plot window ?
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> Ok, now I have the latest version of Xquartz, but when I open gnuplot from 
> the applications folder I get:
> 
> 
> Last login: Mon Apr 23 09:10:33 on ttys001
> exec '/Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot'
> Timothy-Fields-MacBook-Pro:~ timothyfield$ exec 
> '/Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot'
> 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
> /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot: line 71: 61891 
> 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}" "${ROOT}/bin/gnuplot-4.2.5" "$@"
> 
> [Process completed]

Did you install XQuartz from 

        http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/

or did you install x11 from the SnowLeopard install disks ?

I haven' tried using XQuartz from macosforge. So, I'm not sure it will work 
properly with SnowLeopard.

Ben