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by johnny powell
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I have been trying to install octave on my Mac Pro running leopard for
an hour. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. johnny _______________________________________________ Help-octave mailing list Help-octave@... https://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave |
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Re: beginner
by Thomas Treichl
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johnny powell schrieb:
> I have been trying to install octave on my Mac Pro running leopard for > an hour. Any hints would be greatly appreciated. > > johnny Hi Johnny, you should tell us what you have done so far, which Octave binary you want to install on your Mac (where did you get it) and what your specific problem is. Then I think we can give some assistance. Best regards Thomas _______________________________________________ Help-octave mailing list Help-octave@... https://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave |
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Re: beginner
by Ben Abbott
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On Jul 3, 2009, at 2:26 AM, Thomas Treichl wrote: >> Thomas et al., >> >> Thanks for a quick reply. >> >> I am totally lost in this process, but I have installed MacPorts. It >> looks as though I inadvertently have DarwinPorts also. I have >> octave-3.2.0 on my Mac, and I have poked around a bit but did not >> find >> any executable files. >> >> As an overview, I am trying to provide my students a Reed College >> was an >> alternative to MATLAB which I own. I intend to teach two physics >> courses next year that will involve using .m code. >> >> Sorry to be so lost, >> >> johnny > > No need to be sorry ;) We're all lost in something ;) > > I have a suggestion that you can try to get started more quickly: > Get Octave.app from http://octave.sourceforge.net. Then carefully > read the Reamde.html file of the octave-3.2.0-xxx.dmg image before > installation. > > Don't be afraid that you install that Octave.app beside your > DarwinPorts MacPorts Octave, they don't modify each other. And if > you ever have the time to fix your DarwinPorts MacPorts Octave then > you can easily delete Octave.app again. > > Let us know if you liked this idea? Regarding macports / darwinports, they are the same thing ... the name for the package management system was originally darwinports and was later changed to macports. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacPorts Some useful links for macports are http://guide.macports.org/ http://www.macports.org/ To install octave, run Terminal and type ... port install octave To see where the octave binary is installed, run Terminal and type ... which octave But if you just want to run octave installed by macports, run Terminal and type ... octave Ben _______________________________________________ Help-octave mailing list Help-octave@... https://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave |
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