[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#461558: Bug#461558: octave fails to invoke gnuplot

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> > Package: octave
> > Version: 1:2.9.19-2
> > Severity: normal
> > When trying to plot a graph from octave, it fails to do so with all
> > kinds of gnuplot errors:
> > gnuplot> set terminal aqua 1 enhanced
> >                       ^
> >          line 0: unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just 'set terminal' for a list
> > 
> > [snip]
> 
> First of all, you should use octave3.0 instead of octave2.9, which is now
> deprecated (we are waiting for Bug#457675 for having octave2.9 dropped from
> Debian).  

Ok but I installed the 'octave' package and apt-cache tells me 3.0 is
not available:

mauer:/var/www/htdocs.keetweej.vanheusden.com/ntpd# apt-cache search octave | grep ^octave |sort -u
octave2.1-doc - PDF documentation on the GNU Octave language (2.1 branch)
octave2.1-emacsen - Emacs support for the GNU Octave language (2.1 branch)
octave2.1-forge - Contributed functions from the GNU Octave Repository
octave2.1 - GNU Octave language for numerical computations (2.1 branch)
octave2.1-headers - header files for the GNU Octave language (2.1 branch)
octave2.1-htmldoc - HTML documentation on the GNU Octave language (2.1 branch)
octave2.1-info - GNU Info documentation on the GNU Octave language (2.1 branch)
octave2.9-doc - PDF documentation on the GNU Octave language (2.9 branch)
octave2.9-emacsen - Emacs support for the GNU Octave language (2.9 branch)
octave2.9-forge - Contributed functions from the GNU Octave Repository
octave2.9 - GNU Octave language for numerical computations (2.9 branch)
octave2.9-headers - header files for the GNU Octave language (2.9 branch)
octave2.9-htmldoc - HTML documentation on the GNU Octave language (2.9 branch)
octave2.9-info - GNU Info documentation on the GNU Octave language (2.9 branch)
octave-epstk - GNU Octave encapsulated postscript toolkit
octave-forge - Contributed functions for GNU Octave (2.1 branch)
octave - GNU Octave language for numerical computations (2.9 branch)
octave-pfstools - octave bindings for pfstools
octave-plplot - Octave support for PLplot, a plotting library
octave-sp - Semidefinite Programming functions for GNU Octave

According to packages.debian.org, the version in unstable is the 2.9
branch as well.

> Second, I cannot run the script you indicated:
> > script: http://www.wraith.sf.ca.us/ntp/allan.oct
> Because it tries to open a file called "loopstats", which is not available.
> So far, I cannot replicate the bug.

You'll find one attached.


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