Re: Octave won't plot in GNU

[Ben Abbott]

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