gnuplot woes

[Labitt, Bruce]

Hi,

I'm trying to install gnuplot on a Centos box.  I tried installing via
compilation and have run into a couple of issues.  

Compilation failed because of no numeric python package.  So I thought,
that is easy - downloaded that and tried the install.  It complained
about BLAS and LAPACK libs.  Sooo, off to their respective websites.

I'm not sure what to do here, and in what order.  I guess I need a BLAS
optimized lib for my cpu.  It is not clear to me if I install BLAS or
LAPACK first.  RTFM has not revealed much yet.  I'm sure my google-fu
needs some rebuilding...

Anyone do this before and have some hints?