Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation

[Markus Hoenicka]

Am 2020-07-24 07:19, schrieb Marco Atzeri via Cygwin:
> On 24.07.2020 05:00, Bryan VanSchouwen via Cygwin wrote:
>> Hello.
>> 
>> I recently installed a copy of the Cygwin software package on my new
>> Windows 10 laptop.  However, whenever I try to access the "xmgrace"
>> graphing software (by entering the command "xmgrace &" in the xterm 
>> command
>> shell, as I did on my old Windows 7 laptop), I get the following error
>> message:
>> 
>> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$ xmgrace &
>> [1] 1183
>> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$ --> Broken or incomplete installation - 
>> read the
>> FAQ!
>> [1]    Exit 1                        xmgrace
>> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$
> 
>> 
>> I tried reading the FAQ, but it was unhelpful for this particular 
>> issue.
>> Does anyone have any ideas about why this might be happening??  Also, 
>> if it
>> is an incomplete installation, then does anyone know what set of 
>> Cygwin
>> utilities I need to install to obtain a fully-functioning copy of the
>> "xmgrace" graphing software?
> 
> there is an entry about Fonts, and
> 
> a strace output shows that xmgrace is looking for type1 fonts on
> 
> 
> 
>   /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts
> 
>   /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1
> 
> 
> 
> in the past ghostscript provided them, but not anymore,
> so I *guess* you need this workaround
> 
> 
> install "urw-base35-fonts-legacy" package
> 
> $ cd  /usr/share/grace/fonts/
> $ ln -s /usr/share/X11/fonts/urw-fonts type1
> 
> 
> the fonts looked by xgrace are :
> 
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/d050000l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019003l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019004l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019023l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019024l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021003l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021004l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021023l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021024l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022003l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022004l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022023l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022024l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/s050000l.pfa
> 
> and their pfb counterpart.
> 
> Regards
> Marco

Hi,

I ran into this problem yesterday, but I had to ask our IT service for 
admin permissions before I could fiddle with my installation. Therefore 
your answer (and the OP's question) came in faster than I could even 
ask. This is just to confirm that your suggested changes fixed the 
problem here. Would it make sense to add a dependency on the fonts to 
the grace package?

regards,
Markus

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