[OS X TeX] GNUPLOT on Mac
Vic Norton
vic at norton.name
Thu Aug 14 22:20:18 CEST 2008
OK. Here is a really oddball way to install gnuplot-4.2.3 in /usr/
local/bin on a Mac---but it will work.
1. go to <http://octave.sourceforge.net/>
2. click on the "Octave.app for Mac OS X" link
3. download the appropriate "2008-04-26 binary of Octave 3.0.1"
4. open the resulting DMG file
5. open the gnuplot-4.2.3 DMG the Extras folder
6. drop Gnuplot.app into your applications folder
7. go to /usr/local/bin in terminal and do
8. $ sudo ln -sf "/Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/
gnuplot"
You are done. Now gnuplot-4.2.3 can be opened by double-clicking
Gnuplot.app in your application folder or by starting a gnuplot
script with the shebang line
#!/usr/local/bin/gnuplot
In particular the script
#!/usr/local/bin/gnuplot
show version long
will produce
G N U P L O T
Version 4.2 patchlevel 3
last modified Mar 2008
System: Darwin 8.11.0
Copyright (C) 1986 - 1993, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2008
Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others
Type `help` to access the on-line reference manual.
The gnuplot FAQ is available from http://www.gnuplot.info/faq/
Send bug reports and suggestions to <http://sourceforge.net/projects/
gnuplot>
Compile options:
-READLINE +LIBREADLINE +HISTORY +BACKWARDS_COMPATIBILITY
+BINARY_DATA
+GD_JPEG +GD_GIF +ANIMATION
-NOCWDRC +X11 +X11_POLYGON +MULTIBYTE +USE_MOUSE +HIDDEN3D_QUADTREE
+DATASTRINGS +HISTOGRAMS +OBJECTS +STRINGVARS +MACROS +IMAGE
DRIVER_DIR = "/Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/
libexec/gnuplot/4.2"
GNUPLOT_PS_DIR = "/tmp/gnuplot-ppc/share/gnuplot/4.2/PostScript"
HELPFILE = "/Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/share/
gnuplot/4.2/gnuplot.gih"
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