Re: [Gretl-users] FREETYPE6.DLL
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Peter Davidoff wrote:
One of my students has been having a problem with GRETL graphics
on her PC. I've asked her to double check the paths in the PREF
dialogue. Here is what she reports:
I made sure that gnuplot was loaded but when I attempted
to graph the data my computer said the DLL file,
FREETYPE6.DLL
was not available and that the gnuplot command failed...
I have suggested that she uninstall GRETL and then try
an install again.
Probably a good idea. The gretl installer comes with the files
wgnuplot.exe and freetype6.dll, which are both placed in the main
gretl installation directory (by default c:\userdata\gretl). It
should not be necessary to make any manual changes in paths to
programs.
One possible scenario that can cause this sort of problem: (a)
student installs gretl; (b) student then drags the whole gretl
folder to some new location. This will break things, since the
actual paths will no longer correspond with those written into the
Windows registry on installation.
Allin Cottrell