Re: Gretl on Mac OS-X Leopard (Allin Cottrell)
by Gordon Hughes
I have been experimenting with Gretl 1.7.0 on two Intel Macs - one
running OS-X Tiger (10.4.11) and the other running OS-X Leopard (10.5.1).
On the Tiger machine I can run 1.6.5 without any hitches. It starts
X11 and then presents the standard Gretl screen. Version 1.7.0
starts X11 but fails to start itself. When I follow the long route
via /Applications/Gretl.app/... it gives the error message that I
reported earlier.
On the Leopard machine neither version 1.6.5 nor version 1.7.0 will
start X11. Attempting to run version 1.7.0 after starting X11 first
generates the library error message. As others have reported,
version 1.6.5 seems to run properly in similar circumstances.
Just to complete the story, I downloaded the version 1.7.0 dmg file
on November 29th.
Regards
Gordon Hughes
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>Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 07:45:54 -0500 (EST)
>From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] Gretl on Mac OS-X Leopard
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>On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Gordon Hughes wrote:
>
> > I installed the gretl.app from the dmg file provided via the
> > gretl website. Double clicking on the application icon fails to
> > initiate X11 and generates an error message that gretl requires
> > X11 to function. Hence, I started X11 separately and then
> > double clicked on gretl. This generates the error message
> > "Application gretl_x11 quit unexpectedly". The report contains
> > the following error message
> >
> > Dyld Error Message:
> > Library not loaded: /Users/allin/misc/lib/libfftw3.3.dylib
> > Referenced from: /Applications/Gretl.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gretl_x11
> > Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
> > /Applications/Gretl.app/Contents/Resources/lib/libfftw3.3.dylib:
> > mach-o, but wrong architecture
> >
> > so that there is a mismatch of the libfftw3.3 library. I assume that the
> > reference to "wrong architecture" means that the library is not a universal
> > binary (I am experimenting on an Intel Mac Mini).
>
>Thanks for the report.
>
>"libfftw3.3.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture"
>
>Is this message seen on a PPC mac or an Intel mac? (No, it's not
>a universal binary; I don't know how to make those.)
>
>Allin Cottrell
17 years
Re: [Gretl-users] Forecasting
by guido mastrolilli
Hi,
I did as you said Artur and it works perfectly.
Grazie per l'aiuto.
Guido
----- Messaggio originale -----
Da: artur <ab.news(a)laposte.net>
A: Gretl list <gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu>
Inviato: Domenica 2 dicembre 2007, 15:26:42
Oggetto: Re: [Gretl-users] Forecasting
guido mastrolilli a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I'm a new GRETL user's and I have problems with forecasting.
>
It's ok Guido & wellcome to Gretlmania!
> I estimated a regression with OLS and i like to do a forecast out of sample. Is it possible?
> When i try Analysis, Forecast, i receive the message: "there are no observation available for forecasting out of sample. If you wish, you can add observation, or you can shorten the sample range over which the model is estimated."
> I would like to do a real forecast out of sample, how can i do?
>
>
All you have to do is to include the observations for which you need the
forecast in the data file before estimating the OLS. For example, if
your regression use data is spanning from T1 to T2 and the "out of
sample" forecast will be done for data from (T2+1) to T3, the data file
you load in Gretl must include the whole data, from T1 through T3. Just
before you proceed with the OLS regression switch on the subsample T1
to T2 what leaves room for out of sample forecasting.
Buona fortuna, e facci sapere
Artur
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17 years
GRETL on a network
by Jonas Rasimavičius
Dear Andreas,
Thanks for a quick response. Our techie tried precompiled versions also (at
least that is what he told me). As far as I understand, the precompiled
versions are for 32 bit systems and everything that is supposed to run on a
64 bit system has to built form scratch. I've seen instructions at
http://gretl.sourceforge.net/win32/gretl_network.html also and send a
reference to our IT guy. Unfortunately it didn't help.
Best regards,
Jonas
17 years
Re: [Gretl-users] GRETL on a network
by andreas.rosenblad＠ltv.se
Hi,
First, try to use the precompiled version, i.e. do not compile from source.
Second, have a look at the instructions for running gretl over a network at
http://gretl.sourceforge.net/win32/gretl_network.html
Best regards
Andreas
jonr(a)konkuren.lt @ INTERNET skrev 2007-12-04 08:16:56 :
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> I teach principles of econometrics (among other subjects) at the ISM
> University in Vilnius, Lithuania. In our computer lab classes we have
> computer terminals connected to the Windows 2003 server (64 bit system)
> which runs in a terminal server regime. Our university has the SPSS v.15
> available to students and instructors at our facilities, however I am not
a
> big fan of SPSS. This semester I recommended my students to try GRETL at
> home and I regularly use it myself. I think it would be great to have
GRETL
> also in the computer lab, if not now then at least in the future.
> Unfortunately our IT guy was not able to get GRETL installed on our
server.
> I believe he tried to compile the needed files using the source posted at
> http://gretl.sourceforge.net/ but somehow could not succeed. So I
> would like to ask you maybe somebody had a similar problem? Maybe you
> could give some advice about it. If you need more technical details about
> the IT system at our university or what specifically went wrong I will be
> glad to provide it. Sorry for taking your time and thank you in advance.
>
> Best regards,
>
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17 years
GRETL on a network
by Jonas Rasimavičius
Dear Colleagues:
I teach principles of econometrics (among other subjects) at the ISM
University in Vilnius, Lithuania. In our computer lab classes we have
computer terminals connected to the Windows 2003 server (64 bit system)
which runs in a terminal server regime. Our university has the SPSS v.15
available to students and instructors at our facilities, however I am not a
big fan of SPSS. This semester I recommended my students to try GRETL at
home and I regularly use it myself. I think it would be great to have GRETL
also in the computer lab, if not now then at least in the future.
Unfortunately our IT guy was not able to get GRETL installed on our server.
I believe he tried to compile the needed files using the source posted at
http://gretl.sourceforge.net/ but somehow could not succeed.
So I would like to ask you maybe somebody had a similar problem? Maybe you
could give some advice about it. If you need more technical details about
the IT system at our university or what specifically went wrong I will be
glad to provide it. Sorry for taking your time and thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Jonas
17 years
Re: Gretl on OS X Leopard
by Neil Hepburn
I also discovered that Gretl did not play well with X11 running on
Leopard. However, I have found that the solution is to manually start
X11 first and then start Gretl and then everything works fine.
Cheers,
Neil
=======================================================
Neil Hepburn, Economics Instructor
Social Sciences Department, Augustana Faculty
University of Alberta, Camrose Campus
Phone (780) 679-1588
email nhepburn(a)augustana.ca
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> From: Gordon Hughes <G.A.Hughes(a)ed.ac.uk>
> Date: December 2, 2007 11:30:38 AM MST (CA)
> To: gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu
> Subject: [Gretl-users] Gretl on Mac OS-X Leopard
> Reply-To: Gretl list <gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu>
>
>
> This is a general warning. I have recently upgraded the version of
> OS-X on a Mac to version 10.5 (Leopard). I have found that Gretl
> does not seem to work with the new version of X11 in Leopard. Nor
> am I able to follow the debugging instructions given in the Readme
> pdf file because I cannot get to the directory Gretl.app/...
> specified. I was able to get Gretl to work with version 10.4
> (Tiger) of OS-X without any significant difficulty.
>
> From brief investigation it seems that Apple has a large number of
> unresolved problems with X11 in the initial release of Leopard, so
> that I suspect that it may not be worth trying to get Gretl to work
> with Leopard until these problems are sorted out. This is not
> important for me because I can use Gretl on a Windows PC or on a
> Windows virtual machine on my Mac via VMWare Fusion. However, for
> those without such options it may be worth postponing any planned
> upgrade to Leopard until they release version 10.5.1 (or later) with
> a version of X11 that functions properly.
>
> Regards
>
> Gordon Hughes
>
> ===================
>
> Professor Gordon Hughes
> Department of Economics
> University of Edinburgh
> 50 George Square
> Edinburgh EH8 9JY
> United Kingdom
>
> E-mail : G.A.Hughes(a)ed.ac.uk
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net>
> Date: December 2, 2007 1:22:31 PM MST (CA)
> To: Gretl list <gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] Gretl on Mac OS-X Leopard
> Reply-To: Gretl list <gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu>
>
>
> Gordon Hughes schrieb:
>> This is a general warning. I have recently upgraded the version of
>> OS-X on a Mac to version 10.5 (Leopard). I have found that Gretl
>> does not seem to work with the new version of X11 in Leopard. Nor
>> am I able to follow the debugging instructions given in the Readme
>> pdf file because I cannot get to the directory Gretl.app/...
>> specified. I was able to get Gretl to work with version 10.4
>> (Tiger) of OS-X without any significant difficulty.
>
> With 1.6.5 I could not start gretl on OS 10.5.0 by double-clicking,
> either. However, I was able to start it by typing ./gretl in the
> appropriate place. Could you be more specific why that didn't work
> for you or what happened?
>
>>
>> From brief investigation it seems that Apple has a large number of
>> unresolved problems with X11 in the initial release of Leopard, so
>> that I suspect that it may not be worth trying to get Gretl to work
>> with Leopard until these problems are sorted out. This is not
>> important for me because I can use Gretl on a Windows PC or on a
>> Windows virtual machine on my Mac via VMWare Fusion. However, for
>> those without such options it may be worth postponing any planned
>> upgrade to Leopard until they release version 10.5.1 (or later)
>> with a version of X11 that functions properly.
> 10.5.1 is out already. And I was able to compile and start (the pre-
> release version of) gretl 1.7.0 on OS 10.5 from source as described
> on the gretl mac page. (However, it took a while because all the
> other fink packages also had to be compiled, because there wasn't a
> pre-compiled fink version for 10.5 available yet.)
>
> But I haven't tested the current 1.7.0 dmg, there may very well
> remain some problems. All I'm saying is that there don't seem to be
> any fundamental problems in using gretl 1.7.0 on os 10.5 (practical
> problems notwithstanding).
>
> thanks,
> sven
>
>
>
>
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17 years, 1 month
Gretl on Mac OS-X Leopard
by Gordon Hughes
This is a general warning. I have recently upgraded the version of
OS-X on a Mac to version 10.5 (Leopard). I have found that Gretl
does not seem to work with the new version of X11 in Leopard. Nor am
I able to follow the debugging instructions given in the Readme pdf
file because I cannot get to the directory Gretl.app/...
specified. I was able to get Gretl to work with version 10.4 (Tiger)
of OS-X without any significant difficulty.
From brief investigation it seems that Apple has a large number of
unresolved problems with X11 in the initial release of Leopard, so
that I suspect that it may not be worth trying to get Gretl to work
with Leopard until these problems are sorted out. This is not
important for me because I can use Gretl on a Windows PC or on a
Windows virtual machine on my Mac via VMWare Fusion. However, for
those without such options it may be worth postponing any planned
upgrade to Leopard until they release version 10.5.1 (or later) with
a version of X11 that functions properly.
Regards
Gordon Hughes
===================
Professor Gordon Hughes
Department of Economics
University of Edinburgh
50 George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9JY
United Kingdom
E-mail : G.A.Hughes(a)ed.ac.uk
17 years, 1 month
Forecasting
by guido mastrolilli
Hi,
I'm a new GRETL user's and I have problems with forecasting.
I estimated a regression with OLS and i like to do a forecast out of sample. Is it possible?
When i try Analysis, Forecast, i receive the message: "there are no observation available for forecasting out of sample. If you wish, you can add observation, or you can shorten the sample range over which the model is estimated."
I would like to do a real forecast out of sample, how can i do?
Thanks,
Guido
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17 years, 1 month
question about TSLS output
by Sven Schreiber
Hi, yet another TSLS question from me I'm afraid...
The TSLS command also prints the Hausman and Sargan tests, so far so good.
Then after that *sometimes* it also prints the value of the F-statistic
in the first-stage regression, giving a rule of thumb for weak
instruments. But it doesn't do that every time, and I fail to see the
rule when does it print this information and when does it not. Could
somebody please explain?
Also, I don't see any remark in the output on whether I used a HAC
covariance matrix estimator or not. (This actually also seems to apply
to plain OLS, was this the case already in earlier versions? All this is
with 1.7.0 on windows.)
Thanks,
Sven
17 years, 1 month
