LabPlot 1.3.0
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KDE Application for plotting and analysis of 2d and 3d functions and data.
Features see FEATURES.


Requirements:
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	* a recent KDE (>=3.0) installation
Recommended:
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	* GNU Scientific Library (GSL)	(for histograms, regression,integration and fft)
	* ImageMagick & ImageMagick++
	* pstoedit
	* fftw 2 or 3
	* GRASS		(for GRASS plots)
	* VTK		(for VTK plots)
	* greek X fonts	(use greek-fonts.tar.gz or xfntgreek package of SuSE)

useful programming tools :
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	* kdevelop	: IDE
	* kate		: XML Editor for handbook
	* kbabel	: translation tool
	* distcc	: distributed compiling
	* ccache	: cached compiling

Install :
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supported platforms are :
RedHat 8	i386
RedHat 9	i386
Fedora Core 1	i386
SuSE 9.0	i586
SuSE 9.1	i586

additionally known to work :
Mandrake 9.2		successfully compiled
FreeBSD	4.9/5-current	successfully compiled
Debian	3.0 (KDE 3)	successfully compiled
Solaris 8/9	? 	(KDEDIR=/opt/sfw/kde3. Please see
	http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/submitted/kde_on_sun.html)
	use parser.y.solaris (simplified parser)

For any other platforms please look at the download page of LabPlot:
http://staff.mbi-berlin.de/gerlach/Linux/LabPlot/download.html
If you can compile LabPlot under any platform please send me the executable or package you build and any bug you might found. 

If you want to build a RPM package yourself use one of the spec files under admin/ and
read the README.build-RPMS-as-user file.

* If you need the greek fonts :
	cd /
	tar zxvf greek-fonts.tar.gz
	<restart font server>

Compiling:
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you need :
	* gcc 2.95 / 3.x or Intel C++ 8.0 compiler
	* almost all of the KDE 3.x devel-packages

./configure --prefix=<KDEDIR> && make && make install

For a working installation you need to specify the KDEDIR with configure.

Common errors:

1. "/usr/bin/ld cannot find -lart_lgpl_2"
	-> install libart_lgpl-devel package 
2. "Couldn't find mcopidl" during ./configure
	-> install arts-devel package

Please look at the compile-files under admin/ for needful variables.

enable debug messages : use kdebugdialog

BUGS  :
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	-> see TODO

Finaly:
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Thanks to all the people that reported bugs and suggestions !

Authors :
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	Stefan Gerlach (gerlach@mbi-berlin.de)
