Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 08:22:59 -0400 From: cottrell(a)wfu.edu To: gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] why does gretl shut down after one command? On Tue, 7 Apr 2015, Qi Shi wrote: > I installed gretl in the software manager of Linux Mint 17.1.(See > the attached). I open gretl and open a dataset, but I cannot do > anything (ols, genr, etc) because I type the "enter" key and gretl > will shut down without any notifications. What version of gretl is this? And in what window are you hitting the Enter key? Allin Cottrell _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users

Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 22:55:47 -0400 From: cottrell(a)wfu.edu To: gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] why does gretl shut down after one command? On Wed, 8 Apr 2015, Qi Shi wrote: > I type in the terminal "sudo apt-get install gretl" and dowload > gretl 1.9.14. In the console window I hit the Enter key. > Moreover, I use the pull-sown menu and get the same results. Well, it seems Mint is offering a broken build of a somewhat old version of gretl (1.9.14 was released in November 2013). That's not very nice. To help to determine what might be wrong with this build, can you try launching gretl_x11 from the command prompt in a terminal window? (You might see something relevant on "stderr".) Can anyone else using a Mint/Ubuntu build of gretl offer any wisdom? Allin Cottrell >> Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 08:22:59 -0400 >> From: cottrell(a)wfu.edu >> To: gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu >> Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] why does gretl shut down after one command? >> >> On Tue, 7 Apr 2015, Qi Shi wrote: >> >>> I installed gretl in the software manager of Linux Mint 17.1.(See >>> the attached). I open gretl and open a dataset, but I cannot do >>> anything (ols, genr, etc) because I type the "enter" key and gretl >>> will shut down without any notifications. >> >> What version of gretl is this? And in what window are you hitting the >> Enter key? >> >> Allin Cottrell >> _______________________________________________ >> Gretl-users mailing list >> Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu >> http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users > -- Allin Cottrell Department of Economics Wake Forest University _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users

On Wed, 8 Apr 2015, Qi Shi wrote: > I type in the terminal "sudo apt-get install gretl" and dowload gretl > 1.9.14. In the console window I hit the Enter key. Moreover, I use the > pull-sown menu and get the same results. Well, it seems Mint is offering a broken build of a somewhat old version of gretl (1.9.14 was released in November 2013). That's not very nice. To help to determine what might be wrong with this build, can you try launching gretl_x11 from the command prompt in a terminal window? (You might see something relevant on "stderr".) Can anyone else using a Mint/Ubuntu build of gretl offer any wisdom?

Hi, Just want to add another hypothesis to the root cause. Maybe is a translation issue, you can try running gretl_x11 passing the -e option for the English version.