Gnuplot/C2/Introduction-to-Gnuplot/English
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| Visual Cue | Narration |
Slide Number 1
Title Slide Introduction to gnuplot |
Welcome to the tutorial on Introduction to gnuplot |
Slide Number 2
Learning Objectives |
In this tutorial, we will
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System and Software Requirement |
To record this tutorial, I am using
* Debian Linux nine point three * Gedit text editor 3.22.0 * Firefox Web browser 52.5.0 and
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Pre-requisites |
To follow this tutorial, learners must be familiar with,
and
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Download link |
Download link for gnuplot is gnuplot dot info
The software is available for all operating systems |
| Open web browser | First, I will use Firefox web browser to download the latest version of gnuplot |
| Press the windows key | Press the windows key on keyboard |
| Type firefox and press enter | In search form type firefox and press enter |
| Firebox web browser opens for me | |
| Type gnuplot.info and press enter | In address bar, type gnuplot dot info and press enter |
| Go to gnuplot.info | This loads the official web page of gnuplot
I will scroll down |
| Hover mouse next to current version and release 5.2.5 | The current version of software is 5.2 and release is 5.2.5
This is the version number at the time of recording this tutorial |
| | Hover mouse over Release notes, User manual and demonstration gallery | Notice links for the latest Release notes, user manual and demonstration gallery |
| Click on link for Release 5.2.5 | When you practice this tutorial, the current version or release may be different
Click on the link for current release. |
| Next, let's download the required files. | |
| Click on the Parent folder | Click on the Parent folder link and scroll down
Notice the different versions and upgrades on the software |
| Click on 5.2.5 link | Click on 5.2.5 link |
| The latest version release link is seen in green color
Scroll down the refreshed page and notice the various downloadable files. | |
| Hover mouse next to .exe , .html readme files | Dot exe files are compiled for windows operating system.
If you are windows user, download the dot exe files Double click to install them |
| Hover mouse next to ‘’’gnuplot-5.2.5.tar.gz’’’ file | We need the tar dot gz file for compiling program in Linux system |
| Click on gnuplot-5.2. 5 .tar.gz | Click on gnuplot hyphen 5 dot 2 dot 5 dot tar dot gz |
| Page refreshes, and after a short pause, a save dialogue box opens | |
| Choose save file, click ok | Choose save file option.
Click ok to download the tar, zipped file |
| Allow file download to complete
Let's extract the required files and install gnuplot using terminal commands | |
| The downloaded file is in my Downloads folder | |
| Press Ctrl alt t | Open a terminal by pressing Control Alt T keys together
A terminal opens |
| Type cd ~/Downloads and press enter | In terminal prompt, type cd space tilda backslash Downloads and enter |
| >tar -xvf gnuplot-5.2.5.tar.gz and enter | To extract files from the tarball, type the command,
tar space hyphen xvf space gnuplot hyphen five dot two dot five dot tar dot gz’’’ Press enter to execute the command |
| Hover mouse next to newly created directory gnuplot-5.2.5 | A new directory gnuplot hyphen 5 dot 2 dot 5 is created in Downloads folder |
| Ctrl shift k | The files are extracted to the new directory
I will clear the screen and bring prompt to top of the terminal for clarity. Press control shift k on keypad |
| cd gnuplot-5.2.5 and enter | Go to the newly created directory
cd space gnuplot hyphen 5 dot 2 dot 5 and enter |
| sudo apt install -y libwxgtk3.0-dev qtbase5-dev libqt5svg5-dev | For support of interactive qt terminal in Debian, type the 2 following commands.
Please enter sudo password if prompted. |
| Clear screen , control+shift+k | Allow the process to be completed.
I will clear the screen for clarity in video. |
| sudo TERMLIBS="-lX11" ./configure --with-qt=qt5 --with-wx-single-threaded | Again enter command as seen in the video
It is also mentioned in the installation sheet. |
| Clear screen, control+shift+k | Allow the process to be completed.
I will again clear the screen for clarity in video.
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| gedit RELEASE_NOTES | Type gedit space RELEASE underscore NOTES and enter |
| Open file Release notes, scroll down | The file opens in a text editor.
Let's scroll down to the installation section |
| Hover mouse next to install section | Installation has three parts, build, test and install as seen from the file. |
| Commands required for installation are mentioned here | |
| Close gedit, click on 'x' sign | To compile and install we will use terminal commands.
So, let's close gedit. Click on the 'x' sign. |
| Go to terminal | Go back to the terminal |
| Type sudo bash ./configure | Type, sudo space dot backslash configure to build
Press enter after each command to execute it. |
| If prompted for password, enter sudo password.
Allow the process to complete Have system administrator install program, if you do not have permission | |
Examine the output of script on the screen.
If there are difficulties, have system administrator address them. | |
| Ctrl + shift + k | I will also clear the screen for clarity in the video |
Type sudo make
Ctrl + shift + k |
Type sudo space make
From now on, please press enter to execute command I will not mention it separately. Press control shift k on keypad |
| Type sudo make check and enter | Type sudo space make space check to test the build
A graphics window appears and disappears. Clear the screen with control shift k on keypad |
| Type sudo make install and enter | Enter command, sudo space make space install, to install program |
| The program gets installed on the computer.
Wait for the installation to complete. Watch messages generated on the screen for error messages. | |
If you get any, take required actions or contact the system administrator.
I do not get any error messages. | |
| Press control shift k
Type gnuplot Hover mouse next to gnuplot prompt |
Next, I will open gnuplot and check if installation is okay
Press control shift k on keypad Enter command gnuplot to get gnuplot prompt |
Hover mouse next to qt
>test |
This shows terminal type as qt
Type test and enter |
This tests, terminal capabilities.
A graphic gnuplot window zero opens | |
| Hover mouse next to menu bar | There is a menu bar on top. |
| Hover mouse next to square icon | We can export, copy or print from the first square icon |
| Hover mouse next to replot and grid icon | The Green circular arrow is for replot.
Clickable icon to draw grids is seen next to it. |
| Hover mouse next to zoom options | Previous zoom options are available too
Sometimes the menu buttons do not work. Please do not worry about it. |
| Click on settings icon | Click open the setting option.
It is on the right side. If you change settings via menu they are retained in next session and not reset. |
| Click on select background color. | Let's change background color via menu.
Click on select background color. |
| Click to select the yellow color. | A select color dialogue box opens.
Click to select the yellow color. |
Click ok
Click ok again |
Click ok to close the color selection box.
Click ok again for terminal configuration. Now background color change to yellow. |
Change back to white color.
Click on settings icon and then on select background color. |
This change will be retained in subsequent sessions of gnuplot.
So let's change it back to white color. Click on settings icon and then on select background color. |
| Select white background, click ok and ok. | Select white background, click ok
Click ok again to revert the change. |
| Click on the x sign in the graphic window | Close the graphic window by clicking on the 'x' sign on the top |
| Type ‘’’q’’’ and enter | Press ‘’’q’’’ to exit gnuplot |
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Summary |
Now let's summarize.
In this tutorial, we
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Assignment |
For assignment activity, please do the following
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Acknowledgement |
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| This is Rani from IIT, Bombay. Thank you for joining. |
