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Downloading DATAPLOT for OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7 (Lion)
Contact Information
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June 2014
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Introduction
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This page contains the intstructions for downloading and
installing Dataplot on the OS X 10.6 and 10.7 operating systems.
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The download files contain both a pre-built executable file and the source code in case you need to build from source. The pre-built executable was built on an OS X 10.6 system. However, I have also installed it on a few 10.7 systems. Be aware that this is a "Unix/X11" port as oppossed to a "native" OS X application. There are two ways you can run Dataplot under OS X.
Note 1:This version (2014/06/27) will be the last version for for 10.6. I will be upgrading my Mac to 10.9 and future versions will be built on that system. Note 2:The Dataplot executable for this version was built with version 4.2 of the gfortran/gcc compilers. If this version of the executable does not run on your system, then this is probably due to incompatabilities of the gfortran/gcc runtime libraries on your system. In this case, you need to build Dataplot from the source. This is most likely to be an issue on 10.7 and 10.8 platforms.
Prerequisites
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Before installing Dataplot, the following prerequisites
are required.
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Downloading Dataplot Step 1: Select Root Directory for
Dataplot Installation
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The first step is to select the "root" directory for the
Dataplot installation. Although you can make this any
directory that is convenient to you, we recommend using one
of the following choices:
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Whatever directory you choose, we will refer to this as the Dataplot root directory in the discussion below.
Step 2: Download and Unpack the Installation File
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The README.TXT contains a copy of the
installation instructions.
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The next step is to download the Dataplot installation file dataplot.snow_leopard.2014_06_27.tar.gz. Assuming that you have downloaded or copied the installation file to the Dataplot root directory, you can unpack these files with the commands
sudo tar -xvf dataplot.snow_leopard.2014_06_27.tar.gz You also need to add the Dataplot "bin" directory to your default path. For example, if you installed the Dataplot files in "/Users/heckert" and you run the c-shell or t-shell, then you can add the line
Since many sites have special customizations for these files, we do not do this automatically. Also, this does not take effect until you reboot your system. You can enter these commands manually if you do not want to reboot.
Problems with Downloading
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Installation Problems
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If you have problems with the installation, contact
Alan Heckert
for assistance.
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Larger Executable
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Executable with Larger Workspace Size
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The default version of Dataplot for this installation
provides a workspace size of 500,000 rows by 10 columns
(you can re-dimension to get more columns, but you cannot
specify more than 500,000 rows).
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You can download an executable, dataplot.snow_leopard.2014_06_27.big.gz with a workspace of 1,000,000 rows by 10 columns. After you download this file, do the following (this assumes you have put the Dataplot executable in /usr/local/bin):
sudo cp dataplot.snow_leopard.2014_06_27.big \ /usr/local/bin/dataplot.snow_leopard.2014_06_27
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