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I am missing plot.pro [message #91020] Tue, 26 May 2015 09:41 Go to next message
Cibi Raj is currently offline  Cibi Raj
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Hello all,

I am missing plot.pro in my idl libraries. but when I enter IDL through Terminal, it says,

NOTE FOR RedHat Enterprise USERS: Some functionality in this IDL release requires the libstdc++
compatiblity libraries to be installed. To check if the libraries
are already installed, execute 'rpm -qa | grep compat', and look for
"compat-libstdc++-<version_number>". If this is not listed, install
the appropriate RPM for your distribution (from your install CD's).

Could it be because of this ? I am new to linux and programming itself. Can you please help me with that ?
Re: I am missing plot.pro [message #91023 is a reply to message #91020] Tue, 26 May 2015 13:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
chris_torrence@NOSPAM is currently offline  chris_torrence@NOSPAM
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On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 10:41:06 AM UTC-6, Cibi Raj wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am missing plot.pro in my idl libraries. but when I enter IDL through Terminal, it says,
>
> NOTE FOR RedHat Enterprise USERS: Some functionality in this IDL release requires the libstdc++
> compatiblity libraries to be installed. To check if the libraries
> are already installed, execute 'rpm -qa | grep compat', and look for
> "compat-libstdc++-<version_number>". If this is not listed, install
> the appropriate RPM for your distribution (from your install CD's).
>
> Could it be because of this ? I am new to linux and programming itself. Can you please help me with that ?

No, it sounds like your IDL path is messed up. Try doing "print,!path" in IDL, and see if it includes the default IDL lib directory. If it doesn't, then see if you have IDL_PATH defined as an environment variable or something.
-Chris
Re: I am missing plot.pro [message #91039 is a reply to message #91023] Wed, 27 May 2015 05:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Cibi Raj is currently offline  Cibi Raj
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On Tuesday, 26 May 2015 22:53:03 UTC+2, Chris Torrence wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 10:41:06 AM UTC-6, Cibi Raj wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am missing plot.pro in my idl libraries. but when I enter IDL through Terminal, it says,
>>
>> NOTE FOR RedHat Enterprise USERS: Some functionality in this IDL release requires the libstdc++
>> compatiblity libraries to be installed. To check if the libraries
>> are already installed, execute 'rpm -qa | grep compat', and look for
>> "compat-libstdc++-<version_number>". If this is not listed, install
>> the appropriate RPM for your distribution (from your install CD's).
>>
>> Could it be because of this ? I am new to linux and programming itself. Can you please help me with that ?
>
> No, it sounds like your IDL path is messed up. Try doing "print,!path" in IDL, and see if it includes the default IDL lib directory. If it doesn't, then see if you have IDL_PATH defined as an environment variable or something.
> -Chris

I did that and got this:

/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/lib/wavelet/source:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/lib/wav elet/data:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/lib/utilities:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/li b/hook:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/lib/obsolete:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/lib/it ools/ui_widgets:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/lib/itools/components:/opt/ rsi/idl_6.1/lib/itools/framework:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/lib/itools :/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/lib/macros:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/lib:/opt/rsi/i dl_6.1/examples/HP_TIFF:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/examples/imsl:/opt/ rsi/idl_6.1/examples/demo/demoslideshows/slideshowsrc:/opt/r si/idl_6.1/examples/demo/demosrc:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/examples/d emo/demodata:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/examples/demo:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1 /examples/project:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/examples/data:/opt/rsi/id l_6.1/examples/visual/utility:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/examples/visu al:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/examples/widgets/wexmast:/opt/rsi/idl_6. 1/examples/widgets:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/examples/misc:/opt/rsi/i dl_6.1/examples/doc/dicom:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/examples/doc/itoo ls:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/examples/doc:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/examples/d ata_access/sdf:/opt/rsi/idl_6.1/examples/data_access:/opt/rs i/idl_6.1/examples

I manually went itnto the idl lib to check the plot.pro but its not there. Can you please help me to find what the problem is ?
Re: I am missing plot.pro [message #91040 is a reply to message #91020] Wed, 27 May 2015 05:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Cibi Raj is currently offline  Cibi Raj
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On Tuesday, 26 May 2015 18:41:06 UTC+2, Cibi Raj wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am missing plot.pro in my idl libraries. but when I enter IDL through Terminal, it says,
>
> NOTE FOR RedHat Enterprise USERS: Some functionality in this IDL release requires the libstdc++
> compatiblity libraries to be installed. To check if the libraries
> are already installed, execute 'rpm -qa | grep compat', and look for
> "compat-libstdc++-<version_number>". If this is not listed, install
> the appropriate RPM for your distribution (from your install CD's).
>
> Could it be because of this ? I am new to linux and programming itself. Can you please help me with that ?
Re: I am missing plot.pro [message #91137 is a reply to message #91040] Mon, 08 June 2015 10:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
chris_torrence@NOSPAM is currently offline  chris_torrence@NOSPAM
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On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 6:44:36 AM UTC-6, Cibi Raj wrote:
> On Tuesday, 26 May 2015 18:41:06 UTC+2, Cibi Raj wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am missing plot.pro in my idl libraries. but when I enter IDL through Terminal, it says,
>>
>> NOTE FOR RedHat Enterprise USERS: Some functionality in this IDL release requires the libstdc++
>> compatiblity libraries to be installed. To check if the libraries
>> are already installed, execute 'rpm -qa | grep compat', and look for
>> "compat-libstdc++-<version_number>". If this is not listed, install
>> the appropriate RPM for your distribution (from your install CD's).
>>
>> Could it be because of this ? I am new to linux and programming itself. Can you please help me with that ?

Um, it looks like you are using IDL 6.1, which is incredibly old. You need to upgrade to a newer version of IDL, like 8.4.
Cheers,
Chris
Re: I am missing plot.pro [message #91156 is a reply to message #91137] Tue, 09 June 2015 09:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Craig Markwardt is currently offline  Craig Markwardt
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On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 1:44:20 PM UTC-4, Chris Torrence wrote:
> Um, it looks like you are using IDL 6.1, which is incredibly old. You need to upgrade to a newer version of IDL, like 8.4.

As a point of reference, I routinely use IDL 5.6 on Linux and it works like a champ.
Re: I am missing plot.pro [message #91160 is a reply to message #91156] Tue, 09 June 2015 11:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
chris_torrence@NOSPAM is currently offline  chris_torrence@NOSPAM
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On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 10:12:33 AM UTC-6, Craig Markwardt wrote:
> On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 1:44:20 PM UTC-4, Chris Torrence wrote:
>> Um, it looks like you are using IDL 6.1, which is incredibly old. You need to upgrade to a newer version of IDL, like 8.4.
>
> As a point of reference, I routinely use IDL 5.6 on Linux and it works like a champ.

But not if you're trying to use the plot function. :-)
-C
Re: I am missing plot.pro [message #91185 is a reply to message #91160] Fri, 12 June 2015 10:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Cibi Raj is currently offline  Cibi Raj
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On Tuesday, 9 June 2015 20:02:11 UTC+2, Chris Torrence wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 10:12:33 AM UTC-6, Craig Markwardt wrote:
>> On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 1:44:20 PM UTC-4, Chris Torrence wrote:
>>> Um, it looks like you are using IDL 6.1, which is incredibly old. You need to upgrade to a newer version of IDL, like 8.4.
>>
>> As a point of reference, I routinely use IDL 5.6 on Linux and it works like a champ.
>
> But not if you're trying to use the plot function. :-)
> -C

Thanks for your info. so I can never use plot.pro without upgrading the version.
Re: I am missing plot.pro [message #91186 is a reply to message #91185] Fri, 12 June 2015 12:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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Cibi Raj writes:

> Thanks for your info. so I can never use plot.pro without upgrading the version.

It has become hard to predict what sort of programming experience people
have when they ask a question on the newsgroup these days. But, I
presume you know that not being able to use the Plot function that was
introduced in IDL 8.0 does not mean that you can't produce a plot in
IDL. Plots have been the bread and butter of IDL for at least 30 years,
and for the last 10 years people using almost any version of IDL have
been able to produce plots that rival this new graphics system in
functionality and ease of use, if not in on-screen appearance. See this
plot gallery, for example:

http://www.idlcoyote.com/gallery/index.html

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
Re: I am missing plot.pro [message #91199 is a reply to message #91186] Tue, 16 June 2015 08:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Cibi Raj is currently offline  Cibi Raj
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On Friday, 12 June 2015 21:19:47 UTC+2, David Fanning wrote:
> Cibi Raj writes:
>
>> Thanks for your info. so I can never use plot.pro without upgrading the version.
>
> It has become hard to predict what sort of programming experience people
> have when they ask a question on the newsgroup these days. But, I
> presume you know that not being able to use the Plot function that was
> introduced in IDL 8.0 does not mean that you can't produce a plot in
> IDL. Plots have been the bread and butter of IDL for at least 30 years,
> and for the last 10 years people using almost any version of IDL have
> been able to produce plots that rival this new graphics system in
> functionality and ease of use, if not in on-screen appearance. See this
> plot gallery, for example:
>
> http://www.idlcoyote.com/gallery/index.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

Hello David,

I can understand it, yes my experience is not enough. But I want to know whether the IDL that has been installed in my system is properly or not. IDL version 6.1 doesnt contain the function and from your information it seems that its only available in version 8.

My exact problem is Directory path issues where I cannot load the data from directories into IDL and IDL says its not loaded.
Re: I am missing plot.pro [message #91201 is a reply to message #91199] Tue, 16 June 2015 18:48 Go to previous message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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Cibi Raj writes:

> My exact problem is Directory path issues where I cannot load the data from directories into IDL and IDL says its not loaded.

Here is an article on how to set up your IDL path:

http://www.idlcoyote.com/code_tips/installcoyote.php

It references the Coyote Library, but this holds true for any IDL
programs you wish to use in IDL.

Cheers,

David

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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