Bug#659701: texlive-pictures: pgfplots can't use gnuplot: set terminal table -> unknown or ambiguous terminal
Package: texlive-pictures
Version: 2009-15
Severity: important
I'm trying to call gnuplot from pgfplots. It doesn't work. Here is a
minimal example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}
\addplot plot[id=plot,raw gnuplot] function{plot x};
\end{axis}
\end{picture}
\end{document}
Here is pdflatex's output:
$ pdflatex -shell-escape a.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
\write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
...
Package pgfplots: loading complementary code for your PGF version...
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/oldpgfcompatib/pgfplotsoldpgfsup
p_misc.code.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/oldpgfcompatib/pgfplotsoldpgfsup
p_pgfkeysfiltered.code.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/oldpgfcompatib/pgfplotsoldpgfsup
p_pgfmathfloat.code.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/oldpgfcompatib/pgfplotsoldpgfsup
p_pgflibraryplothandlers.code.tex)
Package pgfplots: loading FPU library which doesn't appear to exist in your PGF
version...
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/oldpgfcompatib/pgfplotsoldpgfsup
p_pgflibraryfpu.code.tex))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/util/pgfplotsutil.code.tex
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/liststructure/pgfplotsliststruct
ure.code.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/liststructure/pgfplotsliststruct
ureext.code.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/liststructure/pgfplotsarray.code
.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/numtable/pgfplotstable.code.tex
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/numtable/pgfplotstable.coltype.c
ode.tex)))
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/util/pgfplotscolormap.code.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/pgfplots.stackedplots.code.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/pgfplotscoordprocessing.code.tex
) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/generic/pgfplots/pgfplotsticks.code.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/libraries/tikzlibrarydecor
ations.code.tex
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/modules/pgfmoduledecorations.code.tex))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/libraries/tikzlibrarydecor
ations.pathmorphing.code.tex
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/libraries/pgflibrarydecorations.pathmorphing.
code.tex))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/libraries/tikzlibrarydecor
ations.pathreplacing.code.tex
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/libraries/pgflibrarydecorations.pathreplacing
.code.tex)))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/libraries/tikzlibraryplotm
arks.code.tex
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/libraries/pgflibraryplotmarks.code.tex)))
(./a.aux) (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii
[Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]
)
set terminal table; set output "a.plot.table"; set format "%.5f"
^
"a.plot.gnuplot", line 1: unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just 'set terminal' for a list
! Package pgfplots Error: Sorry, the gnuplot-result file 'a.plot.table' could n
ot be found. Maybe you need to enable the shell-escape feature? For pdflatex, t
his is '>> pdflatex -shell-escape'. You can also invoke '>> gnuplot <file>.gnup
lot' manually on the respective gnuplot file..
See the pgfplots package documentation for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.9 ...plot[id=plot,raw gnuplot] function{plot x};
? ^C! Interruption.
\GenericError ...
\endgroup
l.9 ...plot[id=plot,raw gnuplot] function{plot x};
The problem is that gnuplot no longer supports 'set terminal table'.
To use the table terminal, one has to use: 'set table'. (I'm using
version 4.4.0-1.1 of gnuplot).
The workaround described here:
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/23900/a-problem-with-tikz-gnuplot-set-terminal-table
doesn't work for me either. dpkg -L texlive-pictures | grep pgfbaseplot
returns nothing. I tried grepping the sources for 'set terminal table',
but I didn't find the offending line of code.
Thanks.
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minimal input file
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other files
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List of ls-R files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1077 Feb 13 10:24 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 80 Jul 5 2011 /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 May 14 2011 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jan 21 2011 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jan 21 2011 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
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Config files
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 May 14 2011 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4172 Feb 13 10:24 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9763 Feb 13 10:24 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3110 Feb 13 10:24 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
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Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Jun 8 2010 mktex.cnf
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md5sums of texmf.d
3875bf0f4a53a29b7f247399dc9833e2 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf
6e82a3d4c00ae7e4f86aa8dcf9438cf3 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf
c60a084820a0b73e3bfbf2e90bda437c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf
ea33127256c6a9f37145ae5b16fdb80c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf
afccf1d3f87057411166a77c58e00bd1 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf
9da7c1c7b1eaf06f941af91f48a23068 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf
7ae52efac46feb97010986e57877d12e /etc/texmf/texmf.d/80DVIPDFMx.cnf
37329819f1109e8a457e64b8b58fecdb /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf
a8952d594677235951d447665ec46e9c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf
402d5adb3864c09ed3cd80c0f2131361 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.4
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages texlive-pictures depends on:
ii dpkg 1.15.8.12 Debian package management system
ii luatex 0.60.2-1 next generation TeX engine
ii tex-common 2.08.1 common infrastructure for building
ii texlive-base 2009-11 TeX Live: Essential programs and f
ii texlive-binaries 2009-8 Binaries for TeX Live
ii texlive-common 2009-11 TeX Live: Base component
Versions of packages texlive-pictures recommends:
ii pgf 2.00-1 TeX Portable Graphic Format
ii texlive-pictures-doc 2009-11 TeX Live: Documentation files for
Versions of packages texlive-pictures suggests:
pn dot2tex <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.15.8.12 Debian package management system
ii ucf 3.0025+nmu1 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages texlive-pictures is related to:
ii tex-common 2.08.1 common infrastructure for building
ii texlive-binaries 2009-8 Binaries for TeX Live
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
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