How do I enable the pngcairo terminal in Gnuplot

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TMOTTM picture TMOTTM · May 8, 2012 · Viewed 19.6k times · Source

I would like to plot a figure to PNG format (avoiding using convert), however my Gnuplot distribution does not offer the PNGCAIRO terminal. How can I install/enable it? I use Gnuplot 4.4, patchlevel 2 on Mac OS X 10.6.

[me]machine @ test $ gnuplot

G N U P L O T
Version 4.4 patchlevel 2
last modified Wed Sep 22 12:10:34 PDT 2010
System: Darwin 10.8.0

Copyright (C) 1986-1993, 1998, 2004, 2007-2010
Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others

gnuplot home:     http://www.gnuplot.info
faq, bugs, etc:   type "help seeking-assistance"
immediate help:   type "help"
plot window:      hit 'h'

Terminal type set to 'x11'
gnuplot> set terminal pngcairo
                      ^
     unknown or ambiguous terminal type; type just 'set terminal' for a list

Answer

Anvaka picture Anvaka · Jun 4, 2013

If you are running homebrew, you can install everything with just one command line

brew install gnuplot --with-cairo

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