Install Plplot

maxz · 06-29-2005, 03:40 PM

I struggeled to install PLPLOT
Finally got it to install (having stripped it down to the skeleton in the configure option )
However when i install the package that depends upon it , (GDL) it cannot find PLPLOT.
GDL asks for the PLPLOT DIRECTORY.
When i install PLPLOT to a directory using the prexix=............, the installation does not proceed as it then looks for a lot of other libraries.

? Is there a comand to run after installing a library ?
?How do i install a library to a user defined directory.
Thanks
Max

akudewan · 07-01-2005, 01:26 AM

After installing new libraries, run "ldconfig" as root.
Since you are using Fedora, try using rpm packages.

Also, do "./configure --help" before compiling GDL, and check out the options. You'll most probably find the option to specify the directory of plplot

akudewan · 07-01-2005, 01:29 AM

More info: You can find rpm packages at http://rpmseek.com/
Also, sometimes you may need the "devel" package of a dependency. So maybe you need plplot-devel or plplot-dev or something. Try to find out which one you need.

maxz · 07-02-2005, 03:32 PM

I get :
[root@localhost maxwell]# ldconfig
bash: ldconfig: command not found
[root@localhost maxwell]#

akudewan · 07-03-2005, 06:53 AM

It must not be in your default path. Try

Code:

 /sbin/ldconfig

Or "locate ldconfig" to find it.