On Friday, April 18, 2008 at 02:02:22 (-0700) Jerry writes: > As a Mac user since 1984 I sympathize with Craig's frustration with > installing PLplot. Neither of the two normal installation methods is > supported: a single drag-and-drop or a package installer. Reading the > PLplot installation wiki is probably enough to drive away most Mac > users who are considering using PLplot. The good news with OS X is we > gain access to an enormous body of software; the bad news is that it > is hard to install. > > But here's more good news: PLplot is supported on MacPorts, > www.macports.org. (It is also on Fink, http://www.finkproject.org/, > but the version is a little out of date. People seem to prefer > MacPorts over Fink anyway.) I haven't tried the MacPorts installation > method but I think it should go well. If you don't like messing with > the command line, get PortAuthority ($) or Porticus (free). I think > you should try it and let us know how it goes. (The MacPorts > maintainer is not one of the PLplot developers.)
As a plplot developer since 1990, I sympathize with your problems. My involvement started as a personal project to free myself of commercial graphics packages on high performance computing platforms running some variant of Unix. The interest in it grew much faster than the few people supporting it could commit to (basically myself and Geoffrey Furnish at the time). Our initial calls for help supporting the package on multiple platforms in the 1994-1995 timeframe went essentially unanswered. Fortunately, between the license adopted (LGPL) and the intervention of some dedicated developers (Alan & Rafael), a true core team eventually emerged. The core team has now expanded considerably. It now belongs to everyone, and is actively maintained. That makes it a success in my book, compared to all the open source projects that eventually wither and die. So, cheers on our success. The rest is up to us all. -- Maurice LeBrun ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
