I recently installed gretl 1.9.14 and added x13as. It runs and produces graphical output but no text output, just a blank term. This is running on Mint 16. Any suggestions?

On Tue, 4 Feb 2014, Allin Cottrell wrote: First question, where did you get x13as, and what's the exact > version? I'm running X-13ARIMA-SEATS Version 1.1 Build 9 (self > compiled from the sources at > http://www.census.gov/srd/www/x13as/x13down_unix.html ) > and I'm getting text output OK. > Just in case someone is interested, this is a quick HOWTO on building X13ARIMA-SEATS on Linux: I just did on my Mint laptop. It should work ok on any debian-based distro (Ubuntu, for one). 1) Download the source from http://www.census.gov/ts/x13as/unix/x13assrc.tar.gz and unpack in a directory of your choice 2) Install gfortran, if necessary: sudo apt-get install gfortran or via synaptic, aptitude, whatever you like best 3) move to the directory containing the fortran sources and edit the file "makefile.g77": change lines 2 and 3 FC = /usr/bin/g77 LINKER = /usr/bin/g77 to FC = /usr/bin/gfortran LINKER = /usr/bin/gfortran 4) run "make -f makefile.g77"; this will take some time and produce a few "warning" messages; it's perfectly safe to ignore them. At the end, you should have an executable file called "x13as". 5) copy the executable file to a directory in your path; eg, sudo cp x13as /usr/local/bin/ 6) Open gretl, go to Tools>Preferences>General; in the "Programs" tab, choose "Path to x12arima" and write "x13as" in the text box. Click "OK". 7) Enjoy!!! ------------------------------------------------------- Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali (DiSES) Università Politecnica delle Marche (formerly known as Università di Ancona) r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it http://www2.econ.univpm.it/servizi/hpp/lucchetti ------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users

On Wed, 5 Feb 2014, Bob McCall wrote: > I did pretty much what Jack did. x13as works just fine running > testairline.spc in the install dir. And I did get plot output in Gretl. In > Gretl, I highlighted a series and with gui selected x12arima-analysis under > variable tab. Just clicked ok to the next menu. Graphical output was > produced and a text widget but no text. What was the name of the series you selected?

Yes! The file exists and it's what should have appeared in the terminal. It's lg.out 73656 bytes. from the variable lg in bjg.gdt dataset. But why does it end up there and not in the terminal?

On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt; wrote: > On Wed, 5 Feb 2014, Allin Cottrell wrote: > >> On Wed, 5 Feb 2014, Bob McCall wrote: >> >>> I did pretty much what Jack did. x13as works just fine running >>> testairline.spc in the install dir. And I did get plot output in Gretl. > In >>> Gretl, I highlighted a series and with gui selected x12arima-analysis > under >>> variable tab. Just clicked ok to the next menu. Graphical output was >>> produced and a text widget but no text. >> >> What was the name of the series you selected? > > Sorry, one more question. Suppose the series was called "x" (please > substitute the correct name). Then what do you get from the shell > command > > ls -al ~/.gretl/x12arima/x.* > > ? > > In particular we're looking for the file x.out in that directory, > and wondering -- if it exists -- how big it is. > > Allin Cottrell