Plot print problem

[Ben Abbott]

On May 5, 2009, at 2:56 AM, Francesco Potorti` wrote:

>>> 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.
>

John,

To get a better idea of what is meant by a "package" you can check out  
Fink. It descends from Debian and runs on Mac OSX.

	http://www.finkproject.org/

If you're interested in using a package management system, you should  
check out macports as well.

	http://trac.macports.org/wiki

Ben