Thanks for the report and helping us make Ubuntu better. Could be a packaging issue and the warnings generated while doing a "toggle_plplot_use" could be of importance. Confirming the issue and below are the warning verbatim.
octave3.0:2> toggle_plplot_use warning: You may want to call warning("off","Octave:built-in-variable-assignment"); to prevent spurious warnings from the plplot code for compatability with octave 2.0/2.1. warning: LOADPATH is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details warning: LOADPATH is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details warning: LOADPATH is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details warning: LOADPATH is no longer a built-in variable; please read the NEWS file or type `news' for details Use PLplot: on ** Changed in: plplot (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- after using "toggle_plplot_use", octave fails to plat anything. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259058 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