Octave graphic error on Mac OS X Mountain Lion

Oct 20, 2012

Run hist() command in Octave, the error message says:

Reason: Incompatible library version: libfontconfig.1.dylib requires version 15.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 13.0.0

Solution:

In Terminal:

cd /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/lib 
mv libfreetype.6.dylib libfreetype.6.dylib.bak 
ln -s /usr/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib .

Reference:

http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Mac-OS-X-Mountain-Lion-Octave-can-not-execute-sombrero-td4643502.html

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Error:

gnuplot> set terminal aqua enhanced title “Figure 1” size 560 420 font “*,6”

line 0: unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just ‘set terminal’ for a list

Solution:

Create .octaverc file in your home directory, and add the following:

setenv GNUTERM x11

Reference:

http://bits.lot42.com/2013/01/plotting-problems-in-octave-on-mac-os-x

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