Octave

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 22, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Robert Fong-tom wrote:

>
> On Nov 22, 2008, at 10:09 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 22, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Robert Fong-tom wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I recently ported Octave successfully but there are some things  
>>> which
>>> I don't understand. My understanding is that Aquaterm is a  
>>> dependency
>>> of octave and that it would be installed as a part of theh Octave
>>> port. In fact, when I tried to port Octave the first time it failed
>>> because I had Aquaterm installed previously. After deleting Aquaterm
>>> (and all files relating to it) manually, the porting of Octave was
>>> successful. However, I don't seem to be able to call Aquaterm. A
>>> number of files relating to Aquaterm was ported along with Octave
>>> however. Right now I am plotting via X11 but would like to switch to
>>> plotting via Aquaterm since it produces better looking plots.
>>> Bob
>>
>> in your .profile, .bashrc, .xinitrc or what ever shell startup  
>> script you are using, be sure that GNUTERM is set to "aqua"
>>
>> 	set GNUTERM=aqua
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
> I tried the following:
>
> In .bashrc:
> 	export GNUTERM=aqua
>
> and in .profile
>
> 	# Make aqua the default
> 	export GNUTERM=aqua
>
> 	##
> 	# Your previous /Users/robert/.profile file was backed up as /Users/ 
> robert/.profile.macports-saved_2008-11-20_at_19:39:45
> 	##
>
> 	# MacPorts Installer addition on 2008-11-20_at_19:39:45: adding an  
> appropriate PATH variable for use with MacPorts.
> 	export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
> 	# Finished adapting your PATH environment variable for use with  
> MacPorts.
>
>
> 	# MacPorts Installer addition on 2008-11-20_at_19:39:45: adding an  
> appropriate DISPLAY variable for use with MacPorts.
> 	export DISPLAY=:0
> 	# Finished adapting your DISPLAY environment variable for use with  
> MacPorts.
>
> When I try to plot in Octave I get the following message:
> 	
> 	Unknown or ambiguous terminal name 'aqua'
>
> Then a long list of invalid gnuplot commands
>
> Bob

That is a gnuplot error. Did you install gnuplot from macports as well  
or is it a pre-existing installation (as was aquaterm)?

In any event, check the version of gnuplot you are running. You can do  
that by typing "gnuplot --version" in a terminal widow. Just to be  
sure, you might want to type "system ('gnuplot --version')" at the  
octave prompt as well.

I'm running the developers version of gnuplot and get the following  
from the Terminal window

	$ gnuplot --version
	gnuplot 4.3 patchlevel 0

A version > 4.2.2 shoud work fine.

You should also verify it is installed via MacPorts. So type "which  
gnuplot" in a terminal window. Mine is installed via Fink, so I get  
the following.

	$ which gnuplot
	/sw/bin/gnuplot

Ben