#36508 closed defect (invalid)
plotutils: plot -T X: the plot device could not be created
| Reported by: | sugar@… | Owned by: | nerdling (Jeremy Lavergne) |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | 2.1.2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Port: | plotutils |
Description (last modified by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt))
I have a new MacBookPro retina running OSX 10.8.2. I have installed XQuartz 2.7.4, Xcode 4.5, command line tools for Xcode 4.5 and graphics jtools for Xcode 4.4. I then installed MacPorts and used it to install several ports including the plotutils. The executable "plot" creates postscript files without difficulty. For example (input is a file containing two columns of numbers):
graph input | plot -T ps > ouput.ps
produces a standard postscript file. However, the command
graph input | plot -T X
gives the following error message:
libplot: ignoring request to create plotter of unknown type plot: error: the plot device could not be created
Any suggestions as to how to proceed would be greatly appreciated. Bob Sugar
Change History (5)
comment:1 Changed 12 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
| Cc: | sugar@… removed |
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| Description: | modified (diff) |
| Keywords: | plot removed |
| Owner: | changed from macports-tickets@… to snc@… |
| Port: | plotutils added |
| Summary: | Problem with plot → plotutils: plot -T X: the plot device could not be created |
| Type: | request → defect |
comment:2 follow-up: 3 Changed 12 years ago by nerdling (Jeremy Lavergne)
| Status: | new → assigned |
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Just wanted to check: you're installing plotutils or plotutils +x11?
comment:3 Changed 12 years ago by sugar@…
Replying to snc@…:
Just wanted to check: you're installing
plotutilsorplotutils +x11?
I installed plotutils, nor plotutils +x11. Should I have installed the latter? If so, do I now need to uninstall plotutils and install plotutils +x11, or is there a simpler way to proceed? Bob Sugar
comment:4 follow-up: 5 Changed 12 years ago by nerdling (Jeremy Lavergne)
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | assigned → closed |
Yes, you need to install with the +x11 variant if you want X11 functionality. By issuing the install command with the variant set (sudo port install plotutils +x11) MacPorts will automatically deactivate the previous installation, leaving you with the X11 one installed.
comment:5 Changed 12 years ago by sugar@…
Replying to snc@…:
Yes, you need to install with the +x11 variant if you want X11 functionality. By issuing the install command with the variant set (
sudo port install plotutils +x11) MacPorts will automatically deactivate the previous installation, leaving you with the X11 one installed.
This solved my problem. Thanks very much for your help. Bob Sugar
FWIW I get the same, on the same system (but with xorg-server instead of Xquartz).