Plot print problem

[Francesco Potorti`]

>> In trying to do a local update to gnuplot 4.2, yum complains it cannot
>> find libc.so.6. But ldconfig -p does find ibc.so.6.,  even an x86_64
>> version. (see below)

>> ______________________snip__________________________
>>
>> root at gaia gnuplot]# yum localupdate gnuplot-4.2.0-7.fc8.x86_64.rpm
>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, kernel-module
>> ...
>> Examining gnuplot-4.2.0-7.fc8.x86_64.rpm: gnuplot-4.2.0-7.fc8.x86_64
>> Marking gnuplot-4.2.0-7.fc8.x86_64.rpm as an update to
>> gnuplot-4.0.0-14.el5.x86_64
>> ...
>> Resolving Dependencies
>> There are unfinished transactions remaining. You mightconsider running
>> yum-complete-transaction first to finish them.
>> --> Running transaction check
>> ---> Package gnuplot.x86_64 0:4.2.0-7.fc8 set to be updated
>> --> Processing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit) for package: gnuplot
>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>> gnuplot-4.2.0-7.fc8.x86_64 from gnuplot-4.2.0-7.fc8.x86_64.rpm has
>> depsolving problems
>>   --> Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit) is needed by
>> package gnuplot-4.2.0-7.fc8.x86_64 (gnuplot-4.2.0-7.fc8.x86_64.rpm)
>> Error: Missing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit) is needed by
>> package gnuplot-4.2.0-7.fc8.x86_64 (gnuplot-4.2.0-7.fc8.x86_64.rpm)
>> [root at gaia gnuplot]#
>>
>> but
>>
>> [root at gaia gnuplot]# ldconfig -p | grep libc.so.6
>>         libc.so.6 (libc6,x86-64, OS ABI: Linux 2.6.9) =>
>> /lib64/libc.so.6
>>         libc.so.6 (libc6, hwcap: 0x0018000000000000, OS ABI: Linux
>> 2.6.9) => /lib/i686/nosegneg/libc.so.6
>>         libc.so.6 (libc6, OS ABI: Linux 2.6.9) => /lib/libc.so.6

>I downloaded gnuplot from here:
>
><http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2055>
>
>I put the (unzipped) file in /usr/local/bin, then typed
>
>     ./configure
>     make CC=gcc-3.3
>     sudo make install

This is good, but the original poster wanted to install Gnuplot using a
prepackaged bundle (a "package") for its system, which happens to be in
.rpm format.  Sorry, I cannot give precise advice here, I use Debian,
which has a different (.deb) package format, but I'll try to guess:

1) the messages say you should run `yum-complete-transaction' first.
   Why did you not do that?

2) apparently the packaged gnuplot 4.2 requires glibc 2.7.  Try to
   understand what version of libc you have installed.  For example, if
   you have 2.6 installed, the problem is that's too old and you need to
   upgrade it.  If that's the case, instead of upgrading libc you may
   try another, more risky, option first: tell yum (I don't know if
   that's possible, as I do not know yum) to ignore the version
   dependency and install gnuplot as it is: if you are lucky it will
   work nonetheless.

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