Re: gnuplot not working with babel

[Omid <omidlink@gmail.com>]

And searching with the keywords from the error you're getting, your
first problem is solved by installing gnuplot.el (to drive gnuplot
inside Emacs):
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-07/msg00563.html

Omid

Sent from my Emacs

On 06/01/2014 10:48 PM, Lawrence Bottorff wrote:
> I'm just starting out with babel and can't get the example code to run
> (http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-gnuplot.html#sec-4)
> :
> 
> #+begin_src gnuplot :exports code :file file.png
> reset
> 
> set title "Putting it All Together"
> 
> set xlabel "X"
> set xrange [-8:8]
> set xtics -8,2,8
> 
> set ylabel "Y"
> set yrange [-20:70]
> set ytics -20,10,70
> 
> f(x) = x**2
> g(x) = x**3
> h(x) = 10*sqrt(abs(x))
> 
> plot f(x) w lp lw 1, g(x) w p lw 2, h(x) w l lw 3
> #+end_src
> 
> This produces
> 
>    org-babel-execute:gnuplot: Cannot open load file: no such file or
> directory, gnuplot
> 
> Also, I tried a straight org-plot/gnuplot call while the cursor was in a
> table with similar results:
> 
>    org-plot/gnuplot: Cannot open load file: no such file or directory,
> gnuplot
> 
> I have gnuplot installed and the above code produces the expected output
> graphic when run from the command line. I'm on U14.10, Emacs24.3.50.1,
> and Org 8.2.3a.
> 
> Also, I'm tired of typing the #+begin_src ... #+end_src block every
> time. Is there a quicker key binding for this?
> 
> LB