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Re: updating gnuplot

From	hrimthurse <hrimthurse@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Subject	Re: updating gnuplot
Date	2012-07-29 23:39 +0200
Organization	solani.org
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On 07/29/2012 09:21 PM, ysrhcu@gmail.com wrote:
> I got the same error from 'make install'. I work on the linux server and i dont have root password. Is it possible to install on my home directory? Could you please tell me how?
> Many thanks.

Yes that's possible, you can specify the install directory when using 
configure:

./configure --prefix=$HOME --program-suffix=-4.6.0
make
make install

The prefix specifies the path in which gnuplot is installed. With 
"--prefix=$HOME" the executable file will be in $HOME/bin, so you could 
add this to your $PATH. Some distributions do this as default, type 
"echo $PATH" to check this. If $HOME/bin is not in your PATH, add 
"PATH="$HOME/bin":$PATH to your .bashrc.
Note: Some people like to use an extra directory like $HOME/usr to keep 
things clean.

The "program-suffix" is appended to the bin file. If you use "-4.6.0" as 
a suffix, the executable file is named "gnuplot-4.6.0". So you can still 
call the normal gnuplot with the command "gnuplot".

For more information use ./configure --help

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Re: updating gnuplot ysrhcu@gmail.com - 2012-07-29 12:21 -0700
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