Installing pgfplots package on Mac OS Lion

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I was wondering if I can get help on installation of pgfplots package on Mac OS Lion for LaTeX. I have downloaded a zip file from pgfplots download link but don't really know how to install it. I also checked the PDF file in the downloaded zip file; couldn't find a clear instruction on installing the package.

For starters, you linked to pgf.sourceforge.net which is the homepage of PGF/TikZ. Maybe you were looking for pgfplots.sourceforge.net? Which TeX distribution are you using? — Qrrbrbirlbel, Dec 17 '12 at 01:18
Assuming you are using the MacTeX distribution (which you should be unless you have very good reasons not to) pgfplots should already be installed. See How do I add a .sty file to my MacTeX/TeXShop installation. — Alan Munn, Dec 17 '12 at 01:52
@Qrrbrbirlbel Ok, So I am using LaTeX (updated the question). Thank you for the hint. It helped. I have no problem compiling the examples given in the mentioned website. However, I use a lot of probability distribution graphs in my document and would like to be able to plot them inside LaTeX isntead of inserting them from an external file. Is there anyway to, for example, plot Normal CDF or PDF using pgfplots? — N Nik, Dec 17 '12 at 01:57
@AlanMunn: You are right; it was a silly mistake from my side — N Nik, Dec 17 '12 at 01:58
Ok. Then we'll close this question as too localised. Thanks for responding to the comment. — Alan Munn, Dec 17 '12 at 01:59
You can draw distributions using tikz and there are many questions here explaining how to do that. See for example how to draw a chi-square distribution, a t-distribution, and a bivariate normal distribution. If you search the site you can find other examples. — Vivi, Dec 17 '12 at 02:35
@Vivi: Thank you so much. This is very helpful. I have hard time using gnuplot in latex code. I asked a question at installing gnuplot. I really appreciate any help. Thanks — N Nik, Dec 17 '12 at 02:51
@NNik Sorry, I have no experience with gnuplot... I am sure someone is going to help you :) Good luck! — Vivi, Dec 17 '12 at 03:24

Installing pgfplots package on Mac OS Lion

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