These instructions are for Version 5.2.* of PGPLOT.
To install PGPLOT, you need to perform the following steps. These steps are described more fully below for each operating system.
Read the release notes (file ver520.txt
) to see what is new in this version.
ftp://ftp.astro.caltech.edu/pub/pgplot/pgplot5.2.tar.gz
.You will need the following software, which is not distributed with PGPLOT:
Consult your operating system vendor to see what Fortran-77 compilers are available for your system. A useful index of Fortran compilers can be found at The Fortran Market web site (http://www.fortran.com/fortran/compilers.html). The following are widely used;
ftp
(or a Web browser), tar
, and gunzip
.*.h
) and the Xlib library.Detailed installation instructions are available for the following operating systems:
For Windows 95/98/NT/2000 etc., I also recommend using a version of PGPLOT that includes a driver based on the GrWin graphics library. This can be used with many different compilers. See:
This version has not yet been ported to MS-DOS, OS/2, or MacOS. For notes about earlier attempts to port PGPLOT to these operating systems, see the files called aaaread.me
in the directories pgplot/sys_dos
, pgplot/sys_msdos
, pgplot/sys_salford
, and pgplot/sys_mac
in the tar file. I appreciate feedback from users.