I think it's changed -- just tested it in 8.10. On a clean install, I get warnings on the first run, and can't produce plot output. But it seems to work on the second run OK. I tried deleting the .gretlrc file and the directory .gretl, and I get the same errors again. So there is something missing somewhere about the creation of this ~/.gretl directory.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gretl Couldn't read /home/john/.gretl2rc get_gretl_charset: using UTF-8 Read datafile /usr/share/gretl/data/greene/greene5_1.gdt periodicity: 4, maxobs: 204, observations range: 1950:1-2000:4 gnuplot_init: couldn't write to /home/john/.gretl/gpttmp.S17pJv gnuplot_init: couldn't write to /home/john/.gretl/gpttmp.AMPdJ5 ** Changed in: gretl (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- gretl doesn't start due to missing .gretl2rc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160675 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs