LabPlot - Cannot print or export

Bill Gee <[email protected]> Mon, 04 Jan 2021 13:42:04 -0600
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Fedora 33, KDE/Plasma desktop, LabPlot version 2.7.0 from the Fedora repository

I touch LabPlot once a year for a special need, so much of my knowledge evaporates over the year.  It is time for me to get back to it.

I have a project with a workbook that links to a CSV file of values.  I figured out how to create a basic plot.  Now I have two problems:

1) When I save the project, the plots are NOT saved.  Every time I open the project, I have to create the plots again.  Who can I save plots?

2) Once the plots are created, I want to print them to PDF and export them to JPG.  File-Print and File-Export do nothing.  It is like clicking on /dev/null.  There is no error, no windows pop up, nothing is printed ...  How can I get these features to work?  It is almost like LabPlot thinks there is nothing to print.

If I select the worksheet, then File-Export does work.  Of course, that's not what I want to export!  When i select a plot, I get nothing.

Snaps are not an option.  The version of LabPlot in the snap library is 2.6.0 which does not have some of the features I need.  Flatpaks are not an option because the flatpak package requires Wayland, and I cannot run that.  The nVidia display driver does not work with Wayland.  And as a matter of sensibility, the flatpak wants to install something like 2 gigabytes of stuff.  WTF?????

I tried compiling 2.8.1 from source, but that throws hundreds of dependency errors.  I have no idea what it is asking for.

-- Could NOT find KF5Archive (missing: KF5Archive_DIR) 
-- Could NOT find KF5Archive: found neither KF5ArchiveConfig.cmake nor kf5archive-config.cmake  
-- Could NOT find KF5Completion (missing: KF5Completion_DIR) 
-- Could NOT find KF5Completion: found neither KF5CompletionConfig.cmake nor kf5completion-config.cmake

I am open for suggestions.

Thanks!

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Bill Gee


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;"><span style=3D"font-size:0.92em;">Fedora 33, KDE/Plasma desktop, LabPlot=
 version 2.7.0 from the Fedora repository</span></p>
<br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0=
;">I touch LabPlot once a year for a special need, so much of my knowledge =
evaporates over the year.&nbsp; It is time for me to get back to it.</p>
<br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0=
;">I have a project with a workbook that links to a CSV file of values.&nbs=
p; I figured out how to create a basic plot.&nbsp; Now I have two problems:=
</p>
<br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0=
;">1) When I save the project, the plots are NOT saved.&nbsp; Every time I =
open the project, I have to create the plots again.&nbsp; Who can I save pl=
ots?</p>
<br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0=
;">2) Once the plots are created, I want to print them to PDF and export th=
em to JPG.&nbsp; File-Print and File-Export do nothing.&nbsp; It is like cl=
icking on /dev/null.&nbsp; There is no error, no windows pop up, nothing is=
 printed ...&nbsp; How can I get these features to work?&nbsp; It is almost=
 like LabPlot thinks there is nothing to print.</p>
<br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0=
;">If I select the worksheet, then File-Export does work.&nbsp; Of course, =
that's not what I want to export!&nbsp; When i select a plot, I get nothing=
=2E</p>
<br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0=
;">Snaps are not an option.&nbsp; The version of LabPlot in the snap librar=
y is 2.6.0 which does not have some of the features I need.&nbsp; Flatpaks =
are not an option because the flatpak package requires Wayland, and I canno=
t run that.&nbsp; The nVidia display driver does not work with Wayland.&nbs=
p; And as a matter of sensibility, the flatpak wants to install something l=
ike 2 gigabytes of stuff.&nbsp; WTF?????</p>
<br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0=
;">I tried compiling 2.8.1 from source, but that throws hundreds of depende=
ncy errors.&nbsp; I have no idea what it is asking for.</p>
<br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0=
;"><span style=3D"color:#000000;"><span style=3D"background-color:#ffffff;"=
><span style=3D"font-family:monospace;">-- Could NOT find KF5Archive (missi=
ng: KF5Archive_DIR) </span></span></span><br />-- Could NOT find KF5Archive=
: found neither KF5ArchiveConfig.cmake nor kf5archive-config.cmake =A0<br /=
>-- Could NOT find KF5Completion (missing: KF5Completion_DIR) <br />-- Coul=
d NOT find KF5Completion: found neither KF5CompletionConfig.cmake nor kf5co=
mpletion-config.cmake<br />I am open for suggestions.</p>
<br /><p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0=
;">Thanks!</p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;"><br=
 />-- </p>
<p style=3D"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Bil=
l Gee</p>
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