I am trying to use Plots.jl in a docker container (FROM julia:1.9.4-bookworm). I think I am able to create the plots, but I get various warnings and errors from qt. Examples include: qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: Got keys from plugin meta data QList("vkkhrdisplay") qt.core.plugin.factoryloader: c…

Yes. Thank you ! at the start of my julia script I just added: ENV["GKSwstype"]="nul"

Veering offtopic… I first programmed using GKS graphics at CERN in the 1980s… I guess it still underlies many graphics front ends. Ed: @johnh ? Veering offtopic?

Yes, that’s probably true. I wrote one of the first GKS implementations in the 80s (now part of GR) that ran on personal computers and mainframes. All the C and Fortran programs that our scientists wrote decades ago based on GKS still run today (without any changes). I would often wish the same for …

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johnh January 25, 2024, 1:23pm 2

Is this any help?

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Plots.jl in a docker container

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