On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Pierre Chausse wrote: > I am trying to install Gretl on the laptop of the class in which > I will be teaching and I cannot because I don't have admin > privilege... This has come up a few times before, and I guess it's time to try for a fix. The gretl installer will definitely not work without at least "poweruser" privileges (full admin rights are not needed), since it wants to write stuff into the registry (file icons and associations under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE). But here's an alternative: I've put a zip file containing the current gretl build at http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/pub/gretl/gretl-1.9.1cvs-win32.zip This is just a straight archive; you can unzip it anywhere you have write permission. Please note: if you're using a GUI unzipper you must select the option to "enable folders" or some such (i.e. preserve the internal directory structure in the zipfile) or the installation will assuredly be non-functional. Inside the zipfile the top-level folder is "gretl". So, for example, if you have write permission on a directory named c:\userdata then you could unzip the archive into that directory and end up with an executable at c:\userdata\gretl\gretlw32.exe. This is minimally tested, but it seems to work without registry entries (though you don't get the file icons and so on). If it works for others I'll put it on sourceforge and link to it on the "gretl for Windows" page. Allin Cottrell _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users

On Sun, 5 Sep 2010, Hélio Guilherme wrote: > I did this test since I have never installed gretl on this > windows machine. Thanks for testing. > Gretl is working fine, but plots with gnuplot is not! (it rhymes ;) > Error "'ø¿ `¾ ¸àû' is not a PNG Hmm. What does gretl say if you do print "@gnuplot" print "@dotdir" in the console? Allin _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users

Everything is OK with the other user (but administrator): ? print "@gnuplot" C:\userdata\gretl\wgnuplot.exe ? print "@dotdir" C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Application Data\gretl --- 2010/9/5 Hélio Guilherme <helioxentric(a)gmail.com&gt; > ? print "@gnuplot" > C:\userdata\gretl\wgnuplot.exe > ? print "@dotdir" > C:\Documents and Settings\Hélio\Application Data\gretl > > (Is this because my username has an accented e?)

On Sun, 5 Sep 2010, Allin Cottrell wrote: > On Sun, 5 Sep 2010, Hélio Guilherme wrote: > >> Everything is OK with the other user (but administrator): >> >> ? print "@gnuplot" >> C:\userdata\gretl\wgnuplot.exe >> ? print "@dotdir" >> C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Application Data\gretl >> >> --- >> >> 2010/9/5 Hélio Guilherme&lt;helioxentric(a)gmail.com&gt; >> >>> ? print "@gnuplot" >>> C:\userdata\gretl\wgnuplot.exe >>> ? print "@dotdir" >>> C:\Documents and Settings\Hélio\Application Data\gretl >>> >>> (Is this because my username has an accented e?) > I thought we had taken care of that possibility, but maybe not. > I'll take another look. If you have time, could you try starting gretl as the non-admin user, but with the --debug option? You could create a desktop shortcut to c:\userdata\gretl\gretlw32.exe --debug The stuff that gets printed to the debug window should give us a clearer idea of what's wrong. Allin _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users