Ploticus download
Version 2.40 Jan'08


Manual page for Ploticus_download(PL) Release notes - What's New




Source code

Includes C source code, prefab files, and pltestsuite. Please be sure you are familiar with the ploticus copyright and permissions notice before you proceed. The download includes everything you need to produce GIF, SVG, EPS, or Postscript graphics.. for the basic configuration there are no library dependencies (except perhaps X11/xlib). Complete instructions for downloading and building.
For latest bug fixes (if any) see the What's New page.



Documentation and examples

Many users will prefer to use this web site. But if you want your own copy, here are several options for using documentation and examples locally.
  • HTML docs and roff man pages with no images   pl240docs.tar.gz
  • All script examples with data files (no images)   pl240gal.tar.gz
  • Complete web site - all docs, examples, images, and thumbnails making up the ploticus web site... install it and navigate locally just like this web site. Also includes roff man pages.   pl240site.tar.gz




Platform-specific info & pre-compiled binaries

These distributions generally include a pre-compiled binary executable, prefab files, and pltestsuite. Documentation is generally not included. Please be sure you are familiar with the ploticus copyright and permissions notice. After downloading, see the support page for additional info.

Please note: Some of these builds may have been contributed by someone else and/or are hosted on a web site not under our control. These builds are covered by the GPL and made available as a service to the ploticus user community. They're believed to be useful but we have not evaluated or tested them.

Linux i386

  • Ploticus 2.40   pl240linuxi386.tar.gz   Includes a pl i386 executable that produces PNG, SVG, SVGZ, PostScript, X11. Compiled on an IBM Thinkpad 600 running Red Hat 7.3, gcc 2.96. Uses dynamic libz and libpng libraries.

  • 64 bit - source code reportedly builds - no problems

  • RPM packages   available here   thanks to Peter Hanecak.

  • Debian resource   available here  

    MacOS X

  • Ploticus 2.40   pl240macos.tar.gz   Compiled on Mac OS X 2.5.1 (Leopard, Intel/PPC). Includes support for EPS, SVG, X11, and GIF. Contributed by Josh Simons, 28 Jan '08

    Solaris 2.x (Sparc)

  • Ploticus 2.40   pl240solaris.tar.gz   Includes a pl executable that produces PNG, SVG, SVGZ, PostScript, X11. Built with static libz & libpng. Built with gcc 3.1

    win32/cygwin

  • Ploticus is now available as part of the cygwin distribution. Details (30 Sep '05)

    win32

  • Ploticus 2.40   pl240win32.zip   Includes a native win32 pl.exe executable that produces GIF, SVG and EPS/PostScript. Compiled using an old version of minGW on XP.




    Above files also available via SourceForge ploticus file release page



    Accessories

    • Flash FDB Cyrillic fonts (Windows-1251 code page) for ploticus compiled with Ming 0.2a are available here. Posted 18 Mar 2008.

    • Javascript files for use with SVG mouseover (2.30+). Contributed by Jamie Echlin (mid 2004).

    • Python interface - A wrapper for the libploticus library that provides an interface for making ploticus calls using Python. Available here. Received 29 Jan 2003.

    • EasyTimeline tool creating timelines, by Erik Zachte. Available here.

    • QUISP - quick active server pages. This package, by the same author as ploticus, is a concise page-template-driven dynamic web content system that can include embedded ploticus scripts.








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    Ploticus is hosted at http://ploticus.sourceforge.net
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