On 20101217_200557, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > Paul E Condon <[email protected]> writes: > > > First, maybe I don't need to compile from source --- Is there a > > package for this in Debian? What is the package name? > > I see no sign of any existing package either, but it was a good thought > to check first. > > > GD, LIBPLOT, or READLINE > > I would recommend installing the following packages, all of which I > expect should independently improve your experience: > > build-essential (a metapackage for various generally useful development tools) > libgd2-xpm-dev (development files for a library for producing image files) > libplot-dev (development files for a graph-drawing library) > libreadline-dev (development files for an input-line editing library) > > You should then be able to say "yes" for all three. >
Thanks, Aaron It worked. It took a while to get libgd2-xpm-dev installed on my system because I had previously installed gnuplot. Gnuplot install had automatically installed libgd2-noxpm and the two are incompatible. Of course, gnuplot counld have installed libgd2-xpm, but that is not how the package install script is written. I don't know much at all about writing a successful Debian package, but I imagine this behavior of the gnuplot package will provide an interesting extra challenge. -- Paul E Condon [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
