Install Request: Gnuplot 6.0

[heatherkellyucl]

IN:06307269

Requested for new features, fewer bugs than 5.2.

Good candidate for updating an old buildscript (https://github.com/UCL-RITS/rcps-buildscripts/blob/master/gnuplot-5.0.1_install) to the new style.

[cdkharris]

from the v6.0 rc2 release notes:

Installation

You can download a source tarball for the current gnuplot version from the gnuplot development site on SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot

Some platform-specific installation tips are given in the INSTALL file of the source package; the short version for linux/unix-like systems is to unpack the tarball and then

build it:
      cd gnuplot-6.0.rc2 ; ./configure ; make
test it:
      make check
install it:
      make install

Pay careful attention to the output of the ./configure script. It may indicate that some output modes have been omitted because the necessary support libraries were not found. In general you need to have previously installed the *-devel-* versions of these libraries.

[cdkharris]

64855ca builds on myriad

[cdkharris]

https://github.com/UCL-RITS/rcps-modulefiles/commit/7789064399185deb0a47cedcba4b070648dd3558 adds the modulefile.

[heatherkellyucl]

Note: the code for RC2 is no longer available and this can't be installed. Altering the buildscript and then the modulefile for 6.0.1 and making sure is installed everywhere.

[heatherkellyucl]

Done on all four clusters.