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ASM

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May 22, 2005, 3:00:08 AM5/22/05
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Hi,

I'm VERY new to gnuplot - just looking for something that will help me
create a scatter plot in 3D for some research I'm doing...

Anyway, I downloaded the dmg file for gnuplot 4.0, and when I try to
use the installer, it goes through the normal process of ReadMe files,
license, etc. and then gives me a warning error:

Warning:
Could not find specified message for index 16

The only option is to click OK... after which is the install screen.
When I click Install, I get the message:

You cannot continue. There is nothing to install.

Any ideas where I can get a working copy of the gnuplot installer?

Thanks,
Scott

Hans-Bernhard Broeker

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May 22, 2005, 8:21:02 AM5/22/05
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ASM <myl...@ascottmcculloch.com> wrote:

> Anyway, I downloaded the dmg file for gnuplot 4.0,

Downloaded it where? Are you sure it's the latest, and that it's
supposed to work on your version of OS X?

--
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (bro...@physik.rwth-aachen.de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

A. Scott McCulloch

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May 22, 2005, 12:03:09 PM5/22/05
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On 2005-05-22 05:21:02 -0700, Hans-Bernhard Broeker
<bro...@physik.rwth-aachen.de> said:

> ASM <myl...@ascottmcculloch.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyway, I downloaded the dmg file for gnuplot 4.0,
>
> Downloaded it where? Are you sure it's the latest, and that it's
> supposed to work on your version of OS X?

I downloaded it from sourceforge - twice, from different servers. I'm
*not* sure that it'll work with my version of OS X - I'm running Tiger
- but since I hadn't seen anything indicating whether it should work
with Tiger or not, I thought I'd give it a try.

Could that be why it says there's "nothing to install"? (I did check
the installer package contents, and there is stuff in there - I just
don't know enough about it to evaluate whether all that's needed is
there.)

Thanks,
Scott

Aaron Jackson

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May 22, 2005, 6:21:48 PM5/22/05
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In article <2005052209030853146%mylists@ascottmccullochcom>,

I just installed gnuplot on my mac not too long ago. I did this by
first downloading aqua term http://aquaterm.sourceforge.net/ then
downloading the gnuplot source code. The instructions for building and
installing gnuplot are here
http://aquaterm.sourceforge.net/index.shtml?page=d1#gnuplot but
basically entail typing:

./configure
make
make install

Not too hard.

Aaron

A. Scott McCulloch

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May 22, 2005, 10:24:03 PM5/22/05
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On 2005-05-22 15:21:48 -0700, Aaron Jackson <no...@nospam.com> said:
<snip>

>
> I just installed gnuplot on my mac not too long ago. I did this by
> first downloading aqua term http://aquaterm.sourceforge.net/ then
> downloading the gnuplot source code. The instructions for building and
> installing gnuplot are here
> http://aquaterm.sourceforge.net/index.shtml?page=d1#gnuplot but
> basically entail typing:
>
> ./configure
> make make install
>
> Not too hard.
>
> Aaron

Thanks Aaron...

I thought the installer I was using indicated that if I had X11
installed, I didn't need Aquaterm... I may have misread that. Once I
installed Aquaterm, the installer package worked.

Next question... do you know where I can get a Mac OS X gui interface
for gnuplot? The urls given in the gnuplot documents don't have them
there anymore it seems.

Thanks,
Scott

Aaron Jackson

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May 23, 2005, 8:33:59 PM5/23/05
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In article <2005052219240316807%mylists@ascottmccullochcom>,

A. Scott McCulloch <myl...@ascottmcculloch.com> wrote:

I haven't used any gui's to gnuplot, so I can't really help you...

Aaron

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