Installing gnuplot on AIX 6.1

Installing RPMs on AIX is generally a nightmare due to the sheer number of dependencies and the lack of a tool such as YUM, however here is how I did it. My test system is directly connected to the Internet and so I downloaded the packages using WGET. If your system is not connected you will need to use a laptop (or similar) to download the software and then transfer it to the AIX system.

It is important to remember that RPM versions are changing all the time so the links may need to be modified/updated.

1. Installing the RPMs

wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/gnuplot/gnuplot-4.6.4-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/glib2/glib2-2.34.3-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/libffi/libffi-3.0.13-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./glib2-2.34.3-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm ./libffi-3.0.13-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/pango/pango-1.24.5-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/libthai/libthai-0.1.18-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/libdatrie/libdatrie-0.2.4-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./libthai-0.1.18-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm ./libdatrie-0.2.4-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/libXrender/libXrender-0.9.8-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/renderproto/renderproto-0.11.1-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./libXrender-0.9.8-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm --force --nodeps (Had to do this as my AIX-rpm was too new)
rpm -Uvh ./pango-1.24.5-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/lzo/lzo-2.06-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./lzo-2.06-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/libXpm/libXpm-3.5.10-2.aix6.1.ppc.rpm
wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/xorg-compat-aix/xorg-compat-aix-1.2-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./xorg-compat-aix-1.2-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm ././libXpm-3.5.10-2.aix6.1.ppc.rpm --force

http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/lua/lua-5.2.2-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./lua-5.2.2-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/pixman/pixman-0.28.2-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./pixman-0.28.2-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/libxcb/libxcb-1.7-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./libxcb-1.7-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/librsvg2/librsvg2-2.34.2-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./librsvg2-2.34.2-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/gtk2/gtk2-2.20.1-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/jasper/jasper-1.900.1-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./jasper-1.900.1-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/libpng/libpng-1.6.6-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./libpng-1.6.6-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/atk/atk-1.32.0-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./atk-1.32.0-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/libtiff/libtiff-4.0.3-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./libtiff-4.0.3-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm --nodeps

wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/librsvg2/librsvg2-2.34.2-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/libart_lgpl/libart_lgpl-2.3.21-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./libart_lgpl-2.3.21-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

wget http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/libcroco/libcroco-0.6.5-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
rpm -Uvh ./libcroco-0.6.5-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

rpm -Uvh ./gnuplot-4.6.4-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm ./cairo-1.12.14-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm ./librsvg2-2.34.2-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm ./gtk2-2.20.1-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

2. Download the demo packages

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuplot/files/gnuplot/4.6.4/gnuplot-4.6.4.tar.gz

gzip -dc ./gnuplot-4.6.4.tar.gz | tar xvf -
cd gnuplot-4.6.4

3.   A quick test:

set your $DISPLAY variable and run: gnuplot
Enter the command "test" and this should open a new X-Window

4. Useful links

http://cairographics.org/

http://www.gnuplot.info/