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	running grace the plotting program... by Michael Fothergill :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Dear folks, I installed grace; that is 5.99.1 or whatever it is in Lenny/Sid at present......... I nosed around and googled etc. How are you supposed to fire it up? I tried e.g. xmgrace and things like /usr/bin/xmgrace etc but with no joy......... If you do whereis grace you get: mikef@debian:/usr/share/grace/doc$ whereis grace grace: I am not clairvoyant or clever enough with the find command to work out where the executable is...... Suggestions welcome. Regards Michael Fothergill _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000007ukm/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@... with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@...
	Re: running grace the plotting program... by Lennart Sorensen :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 01:47:06PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > Dear folks, > > I installed grace; that is 5.99.1 or whatever it is in Lenny/Sid at present......... > > I nosed around and googled etc. > > How are you supposed to fire it up? > > I tried e.g. > > xmgrace > > and > > things like /usr/bin/xmgrace > > etc but with no joy......... > > If you do whereis grace you get: > > mikef@debian:/usr/share/grace/doc$ whereis grace > grace: > > > I am not clairvoyant or clever enough with the find command to work out where the executable is...... > > Suggestions welcome. dpkg -L grace \| grep bin See if it installed anything. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@... with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@...
	RE: running grace the plotting program... by Michael Fothergill :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message ---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:49:32 -0400 > To: mikef20000@... > CC: debian-amd64@... > Subject: Re: running grace the plotting program... > From: lsorense@... > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 01:47:06PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: >> >> Dear folks, >> >> I installed grace; that is 5.99.1 or whatever it is in Lenny/Sid at present......... >> >> I nosed around and googled etc. >> >> How are you supposed to fire it up? >> >> I tried e.g. >> >> xmgrace >> >> and >> >> things like /usr/bin/xmgrace >> >> etc but with no joy......... >> >> If you do whereis grace you get: >> >> mikef@debian:/usr/share/grace/doc$ whereis grace >> grace: >> >> >> I am not clairvoyant or clever enough with the find command to work out where the executable is...... >> >> Suggestions welcome. > > dpkg -L grace \| grep bin > > See if it installed anything. > OK..... debian:/home/mikef# dpkg -L grace \| grep bin debian:/home/mikef# It's not there...... Have I forgotten something? It needed two of the Lenny DVDs to install it. > -- > Len Sorensen _________________________________________________________________ Great deals on almost anything at eBay.co.uk. Search, bid, find and win on eBay today! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000004ukm/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@... with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@...
	Re: running grace the plotting program... by Dimitris Lampridis :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message On my lenny system: dimitris@gibbons:~$ apt-file list grace \| grep bin grace: /usr/bin/convcal grace: /usr/bin/fdf2fit grace: /usr/bin/grace grace: /usr/bin/grace-thumbnailer grace: /usr/bin/gracebat grace: /usr/bin/grconvert grace: /usr/bin/xmgrace grace6: /usr/bin/grace6 grace6: /usr/bin/grace6-thumbnailer grace6: /usr/bin/gracebat6 grace6: /usr/bin/xmgrace6 Hope this helps. Cheers, Dimitris On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:56:59 +0000 Michael Fothergill <mikef20000@...> wrote: > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:49:32 -0400 > > To: mikef20000@... > > CC: debian-amd64@... > > Subject: Re: running grace the plotting program... > > From: lsorense@... > > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 01:47:06PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > >> > >> Dear folks, > >> > >> I installed grace; that is 5.99.1 or whatever it is in Lenny/Sid > >> at present......... > >> > >> I nosed around and googled etc. > >> > >> How are you supposed to fire it up? > >> > >> I tried e.g. > >> > >> xmgrace > >> > >> and > >> > >> things like /usr/bin/xmgrace > >> > >> etc but with no joy......... > >> > >> If you do whereis grace you get: > >> > >> mikef@debian:/usr/share/grace/doc$ whereis grace > >> grace: > >> > >> > >> I am not clairvoyant or clever enough with the find command to > >> work out where the executable is...... > >> > >> Suggestions welcome. > > > > dpkg -L grace \| grep bin > > > > See if it installed anything. > > > > OK..... > > debian:/home/mikef# dpkg -L grace \| grep bin > debian:/home/mikef# > > > It's not there...... Have I forgotten something? It needed two of > the Lenny DVDs to install it. > > > -- > > Len Sorensen > > _________________________________________________________________ > Great deals on almost anything at eBay.co.uk. Search, bid, find and > win on eBay today! > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000004ukm/direct/01/ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@... with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@...
	Re: running grace the plotting program... by Lennart Sorensen :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 01:56:59PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > OK..... > > debian:/home/mikef# dpkg -L grace \| grep bin > debian:/home/mikef# > > > It's not there...... Have I forgotten something? It needed two of the Lenny DVDs to install it. # dpkg -L grace\|grep bin /usr/bin /usr/bin/xmgrace /usr/bin/fdf2fit /usr/bin/convcal /usr/bin/grconvert /usr/bin/grace-thumbnailer /usr/bin/gracebat /usr/bin/grace Somehow it appears you either don't have the package installed, or it got severely broken somehow. # dpkg -l grace Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold \| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend \|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) \|\|/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii grace 1:5.1.21-2+b1 An XY plotting tool ii means installed. -- Len SOrensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@... with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@...
	RE: running grace the plotting program... by Michael Fothergill :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message ---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:00:32 -0400 > To: mikef20000@... > CC: debian-amd64@... > Subject: Re: running grace the plotting program... > From: lsorense@... > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 01:56:59PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: >> OK..... >> >> debian:/home/mikef# dpkg -L grace \| grep bin >> debian:/home/mikef# >> >> >> It's not there...... Have I forgotten something? It needed two of the Lenny DVDs to install it. > > # dpkg -L grace\|grep bin > /usr/bin > /usr/bin/xmgrace > /usr/bin/fdf2fit > /usr/bin/convcal > /usr/bin/grconvert > /usr/bin/grace-thumbnailer > /usr/bin/gracebat > /usr/bin/grace > > Somehow it appears you either don't have the package installed, or it > got severely broken somehow. I tried reinstalling it a bit: debian:/etc/apt# apt-get install grace6 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: fftw2 lesstif2 libmpich1.0gf libplot2c2 libt1-5 xmhtml1 Suggested packages: fftw-dev mpich-bin tetex-bin The following NEW packages will be installed fftw2 grace6 lesstif2 libmpich1.0gf libplot2c2 libt1-5 xmhtml1 0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/3954kB of archives. After this operation, 11.5MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Media Change: Please insert the disc labelled ‘Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-1 20080407-11:52’ in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter Selecting previously deselected package lesstif2. (Reading database ... 106238 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking lesstif2 (from .../lesstif2_0.95.0-2.1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libplot2c2. Unpacking libplot2c2 (from .../libplot2c2_2.5-2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libt1-5. Unpacking libt1-5 (from .../libt1-5_5.1.2-2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package libmpich1.0gf. Unpacking libmpich1.0gf (from .../libmpich1.0gf_1.2.7-8_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package fftw2. Unpacking fftw2 (from .../fftw2_2.1.3-20.1_amd64.deb) ... Media Change: Please insert the disc labelled ‘Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-2 20080407-11:52’ in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter Selecting previously deselected package xmhtml1. (Reading database ... 106303 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking xmhtml1 (from .../xmhtml1_1.1.7-14_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package grace6. Unpacking grace6 (from .../grace6_5.99.1+dev4-5.1_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for menu ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libmpich1.0gf (1.2.7-8) ... Setting up fftw2 (2.1.3-20.1) ... Setting up lesstif2 (1:0.95.0-2.1) ... Setting up libplot2c2 (2.5-2) ... Setting up libt1-5 (5.1.2-2) ... Setting up xmhtml1 (1.1.7-14) ... Setting up grace6 (5.99.1+dev4-5.1) ... Updating font configuration of grace6... Cleaning up category type1.. Updating category type1.. Processing triggers for menu ... debian:/etc/apt# If you try to eject the DVD here it says I do not have the permission to do it...... I commented out the sid repositories in my apt source file to try to stop the kernel being upgraded every five minutes: debian:/etc/apt# more sources.list # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-1 20080407-11:52]/ lenny contrib main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-5 20080407-11:52]/ lenny contrib main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-4 20080407-11:52]/ lenny contrib main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-3 20080407-11:52]/ lenny contrib main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-2 20080407-11:52]/ lenny contrib main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 DVD Binary-1 20080407-11:52]/ lenny contrib main # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib #deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free #deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free deb http://javadesktop.org/lg3d/debian testing contrib I have been doing system upgrades as prompted but only for Lenny not Sid recently.... Could this be a source of the grace installation problem? Regards MF > > # dpkg -l grace > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > \| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > \|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > \|\|/ Name Version Description > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > ii grace 1:5.1.21-2+b1 An XY plotting tool > > ii means installed. > > -- > Len SOrensen > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@... > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@... > _________________________________________________________________ Great deals on almost anything at eBay.co.uk. Search, bid, find and win on eBay today! http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000004ukm/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@... with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@...
	Re: running grace the plotting program... by Dimitris Lampridis :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:31:01 +0000 Michael Fothergill <mikef20000@...> wrote: > > I tried reinstalling it a bit: > > debian:/etc/apt# apt-get install grace6 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > fftw2 lesstif2 libmpich1.0gf libplot2c2 libt1-5 xmhtml1 > Suggested packages: > fftw-dev mpich-bin tetex-bin > The following NEW packages will be installed > fftw2 grace6 lesstif2 libmpich1.0gf libplot2c2 libt1-5 xmhtml1 > 0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B/3954kB of archives. > After this operation, 11.5MB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y This is the "grace6" package you are installing, not "grace". It includes the following executable files in /usr/bin/: ~$ apt-file list grace6 \| grep bin grace6: /usr/bin/grace6 grace6: /usr/bin/grace6-thumbnailer grace6: /usr/bin/gracebat6 grace6: /usr/bin/xmgrace6 So I think it is just a matter of running the program with a "6" in the end... Dimitris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@... with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@...
	RE: running grace the plotting program... by Michael Fothergill :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message > > This is the "grace6" package you are installing, not "grace". It > includes the following executable files in /usr/bin/: > > ~$ apt-file list grace6 \| grep bin > grace6: /usr/bin/grace6 > grace6: /usr/bin/grace6-thumbnailer > grace6: /usr/bin/gracebat6 > grace6: /usr/bin/xmgrace6 > > So I think it is just a matter of running the program with a "6" in the > end... > > Dimitris > Thanks for this. I did the search for grace6 and found all the executables..... Regards Michael Fothergill > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@... > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@... > _________________________________________________________________ All new Live Search at Live.com http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000006ukm/direct/01/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@... with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@...

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