All, I just wanted to return and close this thread, which has effectively been open since the beginning of last week.
Essentially, I fixed the issue of my Linux system by (after a fashion) reinstalling Kubuntu and then adding about ten or so additional packages afterwards, including -gretl-, from my software repository. This had the happy consequence of bringing in a new stable of version of -gretl- (1.9.9, replacing my 1.9.6) and everything is now working satisfactorily. I can't imagine that my current -gretl- is really much different from the latest beta version, so I'm happy to stick with that. The moral of all this gubbins is simple: I shall never be touching beta releases of Linux packages from websites ever again. It's too much hassle! Many thanks to all those of you who selflessly contributed to help me fix this particular issue. I'll be posting two new queries (one about reviews and another about FE models) shortly. Yours, Clive Nicholas On 21 January 2013 18:22, Clive Nicholas <clivelists(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Allin, > > Apologies for the delay in replying: I now can't get into my Linux > system!! If and when I do, I'll probably start again from scratch. I > deleted all the -gretl- folders before I logged off last night. > > C > > > On 21 January 2013 04:18, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote: > >> On Mon, 21 Jan 2013, Clive Nicholas wrote: >> >> > Okay. Essentially, >> > >> > /usr/local/bin/gretl >> > >> > is still showing >> > >> > bash: /usr/local/bin/gretl: No such file or directory >> >> But (according to your logs) you reconfigured with --prefix=/usr and >> installed under /usr, so now the relevant test is >> >> /usr/bin/gretl >> >> As it happens, you should find gretlcli there, but not the GUI >> program, gretl_x11. The config.log shows that gtk+-2.0 was not >> found, so the GUI would not get built. >> >> You need to install the GTK devel package >> >> sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev >> >> Please read Appendix C.2 to the Gretl User's Guide, "Build >> instructions: a step-by-step guide". >> >> Allin Cottrell >> _______________________________________________ >> Gretl-users mailing list >> Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu >> http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users >> > > > > -- > Clive Nicholas (clivenicholas.posterous.com) > > [Please DO NOT mail me personally here, but at <clivenicholas(a)hotmail.com>. > Please respond to contributions I make in a list thread here. Thanks!] > > "My colleagues in the social sciences talk a great deal about methodology. > I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. Dyson > -- Clive Nicholas (clivenicholas.posterous.com) [Please DO NOT mail me personally here, but at <clivenicholas(a)hotmail.com>. Please respond to contributions I make in a list thread here. Thanks!] "My colleagues in the social sciences talk a great deal about methodology. I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. DysonAll,
I just wanted to return and close this thread, which has effectively been open since the beginning of last week.
Essentially, I fixed the issue of my Linux system by (after a fashion) reinstalling Kubuntu and then adding about ten or so additional packages afterwards, including -gretl-, from my software repository. This had the happy consequence of bringing in a new stable of version of -gretl- (1.9.9, replacing my 1.9.6) and everything is now working satisfactorily. I can't imagine that my current -gretl- is really much different from the latest beta version, so I'm happy to stick with that.
The moral of all this gubbins is simple: I shall never be touching beta releases of Linux packages from websites ever again. It's too much hassle!
Many thanks to all those of you who selflessly contributed to help me fix this particular issue. I'll be posting two new queries (one about reviews and another about FE models) shortly.
Yours,
Clive Nicholas
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Clive Nicholas (clivenicholas.posterous.com)
[Please DO NOT mail me personally here, but at <clivenicho...@hotmail.com>. Please respond to contributions I make in a list thread here. Thanks!]
"My colleagues in the social sciences talk a great deal about methodology. I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. Dyson
On 21 January 2013 18:22, Clive Nicholas <cliveli...@googlemail.com> wrote:
Allin,Apologies for the delay in replying: I now can't get into my Linux system!! If and when I do, I'll probably start again from scratch. I deleted all the -gretl- folders before I logged off last night.COn 21 January 2013 04:18, Allin Cottrell <cottr...@wfu.edu> wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jan 2013, Clive Nicholas wrote:
> Okay. Essentially,But (according to your logs) you reconfigured with --prefix=/usr and
>
> /usr/local/bin/gretl
>
> is still showing
>
> bash: /usr/local/bin/gretl: No such file or directory
installed under /usr, so now the relevant test is
/usr/bin/gretl
As it happens, you should find gretlcli there, but not the GUI
program, gretl_x11. The config.log shows that gtk+-2.0 was not
found, so the GUI would not get built.
You need to install the GTK devel package
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
Please read Appendix C.2 to the Gretl User's Guide, "Build
instructions: a step-by-step guide".
Allin Cottrell
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[Please DO NOT mail me personally here, but at <clivenicho...@hotmail.com>. Please respond to contributions I make in a list thread here. Thanks!]
"My colleagues in the social sciences talk a great deal about methodology. I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. Dyson
Clive Nicholas (clivenicholas.posterous.com)
[Please DO NOT mail me personally here, but at <clivenicho...@hotmail.com>. Please respond to contributions I make in a list thread here. Thanks!]
"My colleagues in the social sciences talk a great deal about methodology. I prefer to call it style." -- Freeman J. Dyson
