Help with plot on Macbook

[Ben Abbott]

Ok, the install looks ok. The binary package you have will first look  
in the path for gnuplot and then assume it is in the applications  
folder. (The 'which gnuplot' checks the path). In any event, your  
install of gnuplot looks ok.

I should have asked before, what version of OSX are you running?

If your version is 10.4 or less, try starting x11 prior to running  
octave.

Ben

On Jan 3, 2009, at 5:23 AM, Gerard Awanou wrote:

> Thank you for your quick reply Ben
>
> I got Octave from http://octave.sourceforge.net/ I believe. I  
> installed
> gnuplot from the Extras folder.
> After I typed "getenv('GNUTERM')", I got
> ans =
>
> gnuplot appears to be installed. It opens in a terminal with the  
> message
> exec '/Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot'
> followed by information about the version and finally the message
> Terminal type set to 'aqua'
>
> However when I type on a terminal which gnuplot I get the message
> no gnuplot in /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/texbin
>
> I must say that a few months ago, I unsuccessfully tried to fix an
> installation of Octave by playing around with the commands sudo,
> Aquaterm and X11 following suggestions on the internet. I now have X11
> installed.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Gerard
>
> On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Ben Abbott wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 2, 2009, at 10:09 PM, Gerard Awanou wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings
>>>
>>> I am having trouble with Octave on my Macbook. The command plot([1  
>>> 2 3])
>>> runs but nothing happens.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your anticiapted reply
>>>
>>> Gerard Awanou
>>
>> Where/how did you obtain octave?
>>
>> Did you install gnuplot?
>>
>> If you are not sure, check to see if "gnuplot" is in you  
>> Applications folder.
>> Open a Terminal window (Terminal is in Applications/Utilities) and  
>> type
>> "which gnuplot". If you get nothing, and you have the octave.dmg  
>> open it.
>> You'll find gnuplot.dmg in the Extra's folder.
>>
>> If gnuplot is on you system, type "getenv('GNUTERM')" in octave's  
>> window and
>> let us know what happens.
>>
>> Ben
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