From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Mon Dec 22 16:34:05 2003 Subject: Re: How to use octave-forge? From: "Henry F. Mollet" To: "Henry F. Mollet" , Vic Norton , Octave_post Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 14:30:35 -0800 My question: 3) If oregonator.oct and oregonator.m are in the same directory, which file will be executed if I type "oregonator ([1,2,3].0)" at the Octave prompt? Henry on 12/22/03 2:00 PM, Henry F. Mollet at mollet at pacbell dot net wrote: > Go to item 13.8 in Octave Manual on Dynmaically Linked Function > with example oregonator.cc. Presumably, 2 steps are needed in your case: > 1) At shell prompt type "mkoctfile lp.cc"? > Running this script will produce lp.oct. > 2) For testing start Octave and type lp (required input for lp)? > Henry > > on 12/22/03 12:46 PM, Vic Norton at vic at norton dot name wrote: > >> I would like to download and install a linear programming routine >> from octave-forge, but I can't figure out how to go about it. >> >> The routine is "lp.cc". It is in the Minimization section >> http://octave.sourceforge.net/index/optimization.html#Minimization >> The URL below is attached to the specific program. >> >> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/octave/octave-forge>> / >> main/optim/lp.cc?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain >> I guess the project's Unix name is >> octave/octave-forge/main/optim/lp.cc >> >> >> I can see the C source for the program on the web, but that does me >> no good. If I copied it, I wouldn't know how to compile it so that it >> was part of Octave. >> >> Presumably I can "checkout" the lp package via cvs and that will come >> with the appropriate configuration file(s), but I simply don't know >> where to start. >> >> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. So far nothing I have >> tried has worked at all. >> >> Regards, >> >> Vic >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------