Robin, Robin Menneer wrote:
> In the instructions to install gnuplot there is a gap at the > beginning. I could not find how to start installing despite reading > the doc file README as suggested. I've never used apt and similar > commands, having been using only fortran and basic and kept away from > machine code. Is grace any easier - it seems to be but I could not > fathom out how to load it. Use Synaptic! Search for gnuplot and then install it. Presumably, you've used Synaptic before to install stuff? You will ned packages gnuplot, gnuplot-nox and gnuplot-x11 (for seeing graphs on the screen). gnuplot-doc is probably essential. Not sure about grace. I think I may have tried it some years ago. > Have you considered the graphing available to you in OpenOffice > SpreadSheet? It may do something simple to get you going. > > > I find OpenOffice very satisfying, using it more than anything else, > and at first reading, the graphing (charting) facility in OO draws > graphs but when I looked into it in detail (and on several occasions > because of my finding), I came to the conclusion that one axis has to be > discontinuous (like a bar chart) so I can't plot a proper curve on it. > Your reply brings me hope that I am wrong. Thank you for your attention, Thinking about it, I think you are right. And that was the reason I installed gnuplot, 'cos I had X,Y pairs I needed to plot. gnuplot is run in a terminal and has a command line interface, so it does take a bit of learning to get used to it. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
