From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Mon Dec 1 18:52:17 2003 Subject: Re: Installing Octave using FinkCommander From: Gavin Jin To: "Henry F. Mollet" Cc: Octave_post Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:51:02 -0800 The Fink developers were still porting applications to 10.3 last time I checked, and they still recommended binary installation until they stabilize the packages. That supported binary is older than 2.1.46. So I updated mine with Darwinport [gavin-unix:myWork/ruby/libpcap-ruby] gjin% octave --version GNU Octave, version 2.1.50 (powerpc-apple-darwin7.0.0). Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 John W. Eaton. This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTIBILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Report bugs to . [gavin-unix:myWork/ruby/libpcap-ruby] gjin% port search octave octave math/octave 2.1.50 a Matlab-like environment for numerical analysis [gavin-unix:myWork/ruby/libpcap-ruby] gjin% I also downloaded the latest source code and followed the instructions on http://homepage.mac.com/chibaf/math/macosx/install/ without any problem. On Dec 1, 2003, at 2:18 PM, Henry F. Mollet wrote: > I know this is a Fink or FinkCommander problem but I'm hoping a Mac > user on > this list will be able to help. > > I've tried to upgrade Octave to the latest available version on Fink > and > failed and deleted previous version of Octave by mistake. > > I've tried to install octave 2.1.46-1 using FinkCommander and > after 6.5 hours of compilation, the installation failed: > ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 > Failed: can't install package system-xfree86-4.2-13 > > I did not anticipate xfree86 was needed and I may have made a mistake > with > regard to any options presented for this during installation. > > A little checking showed that > SW/Applications/AquaTerm (application) was present/installed and could > be > opened. The tar.gz files for both octave and gnuplot were present in > SW/SRC > but neither application was installed. > > Before trying re-installation, I'm hoping for tip. Thanks > Henry > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. > > Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org > How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html > Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Gavin Jin 150 Castilian Dr, Santa Barbarba CA 93110 805-961-3693 ------------------------------------------------------------- Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html -------------------------------------------------------------