Bruce, Should the INSTALL script be updated? I thought the directions there are pretty clear, and do include this line: If PGPLOT is not already installed, you'll need to install it __BEFORE__ configuring Ifeffit.
P.S. Carlo Segre is kindly packaging ifeffit into Debian package files. This is a *great* way for people to help out with the ifeffit project without needing to write code. If any of you are users of Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, Connectiva, or any other linux distribution (such as the �ber-cool Gentoo) and wanted to contribute packages guaranteed to work on those systems, that would be great! Just let me or Matt know and we will help you get started. The same would be true for anyone using any of the commercials unixes (Solaris, SGI, etc.) which have their own packaging systems.
Sorry, but I won't help build binaries for linux or other Unix-like systems expect Mac OS X. Installing from source is just not that hard if there's a compiler and X windows. It's fine with me if someone else makes and distributes debs or rpms or whatever else. For Mac OS X, I reluctantly agree that a binary installer is a good idea because many packages from Fink are needed for Ifeffit to work, and because pretty much everyone has had trouble using Fink. A very big thanks to Paul and Jeff for the effort on this!! --Matt