3.4.4 pgplot

Installation of pgplot (http://www.astro.caltech.edu/ tjp/pgplot/)

You can download the source code file pgplot5.2.tar.gz from ftp://ftp.astro.caltech.edu/pub/pgplot/pgplot5.2.tar.gz

Execute the following commands:

• cd /usr/local/src/
• cp /pgplot5.2.tar.gz .
• gunzip -c pgplot5.2.tar.gz | tar xvof -
• rm pgplot5.2.tar.gz
• mkdir /usr/local/pgplot
• cd /usr/local/pgplot/
• cp /usr/local/src/pgplot/drivers.list .
• vi drivers.list

(De)select the (un)wished drivers with the # sysmnol or download testet list from http://www.openboa.de/pgplot/drivers.list.

• /usr/local/src/pgplot/makemake /usr/local/src/pgplot/ linux g77_gcc
• make
• make clean

Usefull but not needed for pgplot:

• make cpg
• ld -shared -o libcpgplot.so -whole-archive libcpgplot.a
• cp /usr/local/pgplot/libpgplot.so /usr/lib/

Set the environment variables:

UNIX csh: setenv PGPLOT_DIR /usr/local/pgplot/
UNIX sh: PGPLOT_DIR=''/usr/local/pgplot/ls''; export PGPLOT_DIR put this for example into /etc/bashrc (root rights required) or as user put it into your .cshrc or .bashrc files

More informations can be found on the following website: http://www.astro.caltech.edu/ tjp/pgplot/faq.html