Re: Installation Problems

[Paul Probert]

Andy Yip wrote:
> Hi, Octavers,
>
> I am new to octave. I just installed octave and octave-forge by installing
> cygwin in windows xp.
>
> I can run octave and do calculations. But the plots can't be displayed.
> I did see a "gnuplot.exe" process in task manager though.
Try starting an x terminal first by typing "startx" into the cygwin 
command window before starting octave. Then, start octave in that x 
terminal. Then you should be able to do your plots.

Paul Probert



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