nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/default.nix
Jan Tojnar b236fe3d52
ploticus: Use gd from Nixpkgs instead of the vendored one
The gd version shipped with ploticus only contains a single font
that does not support anything but ASCII.

In order for the package to be able to render Unicode texts,
we need freetype support:

http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/doc/fonts.html
2021-06-30 05:55:57 +02:00

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Nix

{ lib
, stdenv
, fetchurl
, zlib
, libX11
, libpng
, gd
, freetype
}:
stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
pname = "ploticus";
version = "2.42";
src = fetchurl {
url = "mirror://sourceforge/ploticus/ploticus/${version}/ploticus${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "" ] version}_src.tar.gz";
sha256 = "PynkufQFIDqT7+yQDlgW2eG0OBghiB4kHAjKt91m4LA=";
};
patches = [
# Replace hardcoded FHS path with $out.
./ploticus-install.patch
# Set the location of the PREFABS directory.
./set-prefabs-dir.patch
# Use gd from Nixpkgs instead of the vendored one.
# This is required for non-ASCII fonts to work:
# http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/doc/fonts.html
./use-gd-package.patch
];
buildInputs = [
zlib
libX11
libpng
gd
freetype
];
hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
preBuild = ''
cd src
'';
preInstall = ''
mkdir -p "$out/bin"
'';
postInstall = ''
cd ..
# Install the prefabs.
mkdir -p "$out/share/ploticus/prefabs"
cp -rv prefabs/* "$out/share/ploticus/prefabs"
# Add aliases for backwards compatibility.
ln -s "pl" "$out/bin/ploticus"
'';
meta = with lib; {
description = "A non-interactive software package for producing plots and charts";
longDescription = ''
Ploticus is a free, GPL'd, non-interactive
software package for producing plots, charts, and graphics from
data. Ploticus is good for automated or just-in-time graph
generation, handles date and time data nicely, and has basic
statistical capabilities. It allows significant user control
over colors, styles, options and details.
'';
license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
homepage = "http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/";
platforms = with platforms; linux;
};
}