[buug] Teaching myself Python, (&Gnuplot&Unix) not playing correctly

[Steve Sands]

Johan, All,
PATH:
ssands$ $PATH
-bash:
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:
No such file or directory

This is one of my problems, is that I am uncertain where to place all the
various components of the software.

Gnuplot.app is in the applications folder (v4.2.5)

I also have in the site-packages folder, a folder labeled gnuplot-py-1.8
which contains:

computer:/Applications/Python_2.6/site-packages/gnuplot-py-1.8 ssands$ ls
ANNOUNCE.txt            LICENSE.txt             README.txt
doc                     gp_java.py              setup.cfg
CREDITS.txt             MANIFEST.in             TODO.txt
funcutils.py            gp_mac.py               setup.py
Errors.py               NEWS.txt                _Gnuplot.py
gnuplot_Suites.py       gp_macosx.py            termdefs.py
FAQ.txt                 PKG-INFO                __init__.py
gp.py                   gp_unix.py              test.py
Gnuplot.html            PlotItems.py            demo.py
gp_cygwin.py            gp_win32.py             utils.py

Also in the site-packages folder, is Gnuplot:

computer:/Applications/Python_2.6/site-packages ssands$ ls
Gnuplot                         gnuplot-py-1.8
numpy                           scipy-0.7.2-py2.6.egg-info
wxredirect.pth
README                          gnuplot_py-1.8-py2.6.egg-info
numpy-1.4.1-py2.6.egg-info      setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg
easy-install.pth                nose-0.11.3-py2.6.egg           scipy

The Gnuplot folder contains:

computer:/Applications/Python_2.6/site-packages/Gnuplot ssands$ ls
Errors.py               __init__.py             gnuplot_Suites.py
gp_java.py              gp_unix.py              test.py
Errors.pyc              __init__.pyc            gnuplot_Suites.pyc
gp_java.pyc             gp_unix.pyc             test.pyc
PlotItems.py            demo.py                 gp.py
gp_mac.py               gp_win32.py             utils.py
PlotItems.pyc           demo.pyc                gp.pyc
gp_mac.pyc              gp_win32.pyc            utils.pyc
_Gnuplot.py             funcutils.py            gp_cygwin.py
gp_macosx.py            termdefs.py
_Gnuplot.pyc            funcutils.pyc           gp_cygwin.pyc
gp_macosx.pyc           termdefs.pyc

Best regards,

Steve




On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Johan Beisser <jb at caustic.org> wrote:

> What would help is: what is your current PATH variable? Where are
> gnuplot and its libraries installed?
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Steve Sands <sandssb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > Newbie here.
> > Using Mac 10.4.11; Intel Core 2; Python 2.6.5; [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc.
> build
> > 5493)] on darwin
> >
> > I have downloaded gnuplot, scipy, numpy, and the demo.py file from which
> one
> > can glean utility on how to use gnuplot commands from within python.  I
> > managed to get this working once, and my issue seemed to be related to my
> > PATH variable.  I.E., the PATH was incorrect, and thus the demo file
> would
> > not work.  I did copy the path variable from that session, but once I
> closed
> > the terminal, despite resetting the PATH, I can't quite get this demo
> file
> > to work again.  I'm pretty sure this is something simple to rectify, but
> I
> > can't quite figure it out.  Thus:
> >
> > steve-computer:/Applications/Python_2.6/site-packages ssands$ cd
> > gnuplot-py-1.8
> > steve-computer:/Applications/Python_2.6/site-packages/gnuplot-py-1.8
> ssands$
> > python demo.py
> > gnuplot> set terminal aqua
> > gnuplot> set title "A simple example"
> > gnuplot> set data style linespoints
> > sh: line 1: gnuplot: command not found
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "demo.py", line 110, in <module>
> >     demo()
> >   File "demo.py", line 33, in demo
> >     g.plot([[0,1.1], [1,5.8], [2,3.3], [3,4.2]])
> >   File "/Applications/Python_2.6/site-packages/Gnuplot/_Gnuplot.py", line
> > 285, in plot
> >     self.refresh()
> >   File "/Applications/Python_2.6/site-packages/Gnuplot/_Gnuplot.py", line
> > 226, in refresh
> >     self(self.plotcmd + ' ' + string.join(plotcmds, ', '))
> >   File "/Applications/Python_2.6/site-packages/Gnuplot/_Gnuplot.py", line
> > 210, in __call__
> >     self.gnuplot(s)
> >   File "/Applications/Python_2.6/site-packages/Gnuplot/gp_macosx.py",
> line
> > 144, in __call__
> >     self.flush()
> > IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
> > ^Z
> > [1]+  Stopped                 python demo.py
> >
> > Just so folks are aware, I have tried discussing this with the Python
> > community, they suggested I speak with the Unix community.
> > Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
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