Installation

Prerequisite

In order to use the Gnuplot.jl package you'll need gnuplot (ver. >= 5.0) installed on your system, and its executable available in your path.

If gnuplot is not available in your platform you can still use Gnuplot.jl in "dry" mode (see Dry sessions). In this case a plot can not be generated, but you may still generate Gnuplot scripts.

Package installation

In the Julia REPL type:

julia> ]add Gnuplot

The ] character starts the Julia package manager. Hit backspace key to return to Julia prompt.

Check installation

Check Gnuplot.jl version with:

julia> ]st Gnuplot
  [dc211083] Gnuplot v1.6.5

If the displayed version is not v1.6.5 you are probably having a dependency conflict. In this case try forcing installation of the latest version with:

julia> ]add Gnuplot@1.6.5

and check which package is causing the conflict.

Check execution and version of the underlying gnuplot process:

julia> using Gnuplot
julia> Gnuplot.gpversion()v"6.0.0"

The minimum required version is v5.0.

Generate the first plot:

julia> @gp 1:9

Test default terminal capabilities:

test_terminal()