macOS Can't install Gnuplot 4.4.0

[tirwit]

Hi

I need to install gnuplot. SO following the instructions, I do:

./configure

Then I do:

./make

And it shows me this:

make  all-recursive
Making all in config
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in m4
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in term
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in src
Making all in wxterminal
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
g++  -g -O2   -o gnuplot alloc.o axis.o binary.o breaders.o bitmap.o color.o command.o contour.o datafile.o dynarray.o eval.o fit.o gadgets.o getcolor.o graph3d.o graphics.o help.o hidden3d.o history.o internal.o interpol.o matrix.o misc.o mouse.o parse.o plot.o plot2d.o plot3d.o pm3d.o readline.o save.o scanner.o set.o show.o specfun.o standard.o stdfn.o tables.o tabulate.o term.o time.o unset.o util.o util3d.o variable.o version.o   -lreadline  -lncurses  -lz   
Undefined symbols:
  "_rl_ding", referenced from:
      _alert in mouse.o
  "_rl_complete_with_tilde_expansion", referenced from:
      _main in plot.o
  "_history_list", referenced from:
      _write_history_list in history.o
     (maybe you meant: _write_history_list)
  "_rl_reset_after_signal", referenced from:
      _main in plot.o
ld: symbol(s) not found
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [gnuplot] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any idea what's wrong?

 

[chown33]

Problem-solving strategy:
Use google to search for keywords or phrases from error messages.

Entering _rl_complete_with_tilde_expansion as the search term, the following appear at the top of the results:

Gnuplot does not compile on OS X 10.5.1
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...IoADAA&usg=AFQjCNEUz1yMjWesydW8rAOPVnkYns7snw

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot/browse_thread/thread/13b3253fa3af61c5

 

[misee]

It worked for me when I installed the GNU Readline library in /usr/local and then did ./configure --with-readline=/usr/local. You could also try the --with-readline=builtin option.

Edit: as chown33 stated, google is a very good problem-solving strategy. When you get an unkown symbol error, most likely you don't have a required library. So you google for rl_complete_with_tilde_expansion, find that it belongs to the readline lib. Then you can either check the ./configure --help and see that there is a --with-readline=builtin option, or you can install and download the library (and use the --with-readline=<path_to_readline_installation>.

 

[tirwit]

I installed the readline-6.1, and it installed to /usr/local/lib. Is there a difference between being installed in /usr/local/lib or /usr/local/lib?

EDIT: My /usr/local/lib, looks like this:


MacBook-de-Pedro-Gordo:lib Pedro_Gordo$ ls
gcc libgomp.la
i386 libgomp.spec
libfrtbegin.a libhistory.6.1.dylib
libg2c.0.0.0.dylib libhistory.6.1.dylib.old
libg2c.0.dylib libhistory.6.dylib
libg2c.a libhistory.a
libg2c.dylib libhistory.dylib
libg2c.la libhistory.old
libgcc_ext.10.4.dylib libiberty.a
libgcc_ext.10.5.dylib libmpc.a
libgcc_s.1.dylib libmpc.la
libgcc_s.10.4.dylib libmpfr.a
libgcc_s.10.5.dylib libmpfr.la
libgcc_s_ppc64.1.dylib libreadline.6.1.dylib
libgcc_s_x86_64.1.dylib libreadline.6.dylib
libgfortran.3.dylib libreadline.a
libgfortran.a libreadline.dylib
libgfortran.dylib libssp.0.dylib
libgfortran.la libssp.a
libgmp.a libssp.dylib
libgmp.la libssp.la
libgomp.1.dylib libssp_nonshared.a
libgomp.a libssp_nonshared.la
libgomp.dylib x86_64

 

[chown33]

I installed the readline-6.1, and it installed to /usr/local/lib. Is there a difference between being installed in /usr/local/lib or /usr/local/lib?

If you mean "difference between /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib", the difference is that Apple updates (OS or other Software Update products) can replace things in /usr/lib, but will not do anything to /usr/local/lib. This is essentially the standard behavior:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_directory_structure

Of course, this means you are responsible for performing all maintenance updates, compatibility checking, etc. in /usr/local/**.

 

[misee]

Of course, this means you are responsible for performing all maintenance updates, compatibility checking, etc. in /usr/local/**.

I think you would have to do this anyway, since apple usually won't update packages that you installed yourself (correct me if I'm wrong). Also, I can see at first glance which software I am responsible for.

By the way, if you compile an application that uses the GNU autotools (./configure, make, make install) it's default installation directory will be /usr/local (type ./configure --help for details). Also, readline isn't only installed in the /usr/local/lib, but there are also header files installed in /usr/local/include, so make sure you pass /usr/local to the gnuplot configure script and not /usr/local/lib

 

[tirwit]

Problem solved!!! Thank you so much! God bless you all!