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This page discusses how to download and build ploticus from source code. Note that pre-compiled executables are also available. Ploticus is easy to build, and non-complex. You'll need gcc and make (or equivalent). The basic distribution includes everything you need to produce graphs in pseudo-GIF, SVG, PostScript and EPS, with no external dependencies. For other capabilities you'll need additional libraries on hand (see below). Building the software from source code:
LibrariesThe distribution includes everything you need to produce graphs in pseudo-GIF, SVG, PostScript and EPS with no external dependencies. For additional capabilities you'll need certain libraries on hand:Optional X11 capability requires xlib. xlib is present on most modern unix systems, but may be missing from certain minimalist distributions. A Mandrake user reported success using the Xfree86-devel package. If you wish, all X11 dependencies can be turned off by following the instructions in the Makefile. Optional PNG image capability requires libpng and zlib. Most linux systems seem to come with these ready to roll. Optional JPEG capability requires GD 1.84+ and libjpeg. Optional FreeType2 fonts: you'll need libfreetype. Optional Shockwave-flash (SWF) capability: you'll need ming SWF library. Ming version 0.2a was used during the original development effort.. there have been reports of a function call incompatibility with later ming versions. |
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Ploticus is hosted at http://ploticus.sourceforge.net |
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