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Re: Axis labelling with many decimals

From	sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net>
Newsgroups	comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Subject	Re: Axis labelling with many decimals
Followup-To	comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Date	2013-08-23 08:32 -0700
Organization	gnuplot development team
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Dieter Britz wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:45:19 -0700, sfeam wrote:
> 
>> Dieter Britz wrote:
>> 
>>> On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 16:32:10 -0700, sfeam wrote:
>>> 
>>> [...]
>>>>> OK, so here is what I did, and what gnuplot said:
>>>>> 
>>>>> ...
>>>>> set xrange [0.87845758:0.87845769]
>>>>> set xtics  0.87845760, 0.00000005, 0.87845770 scale 2, 1 set
>>>>> mxtics 5 set ytics 1.1863, 0.0001, 1.1873 set xtics rotate by 90
>>>>> right ...
>>>>> 
>>>>>          line 0: undefined variable: right
>>>> 
>>>> So I take it this is a very old version of gnuplot?
>>>> If so, the most straightforward solution is to get a newer version.
>>> 
>>> OK, so I downloaded the up to date package, untarred it, and I get
>>> all this:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> aclocal.m4  configure.in   GNUmakefile  Makefile.in     PGPKEYS
>>> term BUGS        configure.vms  INSTALL      Makefile.maint  pm3d
>>> tutorial ChangeLog   Copyright      INSTALL.gnu  man
>>> PORTING VERSION CodeStyle   demo           install-sh   missing
>>> README      win config      depcomp        lisp        
>>> mkinstalldirs
>>> README.1ST config.hin  docs           m4           NEWS
>>> share configure   FAQ.pdf        Makefile.am  PATCHLEVEL      src
>>> 
>>> Now what do I do? I work under Suse 12.2 Linux. Do I simply type in
>>> ./install-sh ?
>> 
>> The command in question was introduced some time prior to the release
>> of
>> gnuplot version 4.6 (January 2012).  A quick search indicates that
>> there are plenty of SuSE packages for gnuplot 4.6, so you should be
>> fine using one of those.
>> 
>> If you do want to build from current CVS source, the minimal set of
>> commands is
>>   /prepare
>>  ./configure
>>   make
>> 
>> 
>>> Are there any traps, possible missing dependencies etc?
>> 
>> It is likely that the output from ./configure will indicate
>> additional development packages that would need to be installed in
>> order to include
>> support for specific terminal types or other features.  In other
>> words, you need to install many more packages to build gnuplot from
>> source than you need for simply running a pre-built executable.
>> 
>> Ethan
> 
> I have V. 4.4 running. What you write seems to imply
> that there is an easier way to update this. What might
> that be? Is there an rpm that would do the job in one
> hit?

Google for gnuplot + SuSE + 12.2 + rpm 

Here's one, but you may want a different flavor (i586/x86_64/etc)
http://pkgs.org/opensuse-12.2/opensuse-update-i586/gnuplot-4.6.0-3.4.2.i586.rpm.html

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Axis labelling with many decimals Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2013-08-15 08:28 +0000
  Re: Axis labelling with many decimals Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2013-08-15 08:41 +0000
  Re: Axis labelling with many decimals sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net> - 2013-08-15 08:53 -0700
    Re: Axis labelling with many decimals Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2013-08-19 09:54 +0000
      Re: Axis labelling with many decimals sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net> - 2013-08-19 10:47 -0700
        Re: Axis labelling with many decimals Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2013-08-20 08:21 +0000
          Re: Axis labelling with many decimals sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net> - 2013-08-20 16:32 -0700
            Re: Axis labelling with many decimals Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2013-08-22 09:00 +0000
              Re: Axis labelling with many decimals Karl <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2013-08-22 13:29 +0200
              Re: Axis labelling with many decimals sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net> - 2013-08-22 09:45 -0700
                Re: Axis labelling with many decimals Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2013-08-23 08:54 +0000
                Re: Axis labelling with many decimals sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net> - 2013-08-23 08:32 -0700

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