Just had the same situation on Hardy Heron (installed a few days ago), got the same error. sudo dpkg-reconfigure octave fixed the problem.
-- Octave 2.9: Error when trying to plot with gnuplot installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/141059 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
