From help-request at octave dot org Thu Dec 23 14:04:50 2004 Subject: Re: Octave Installation problems From: Joe Koski To: GERALD HOOPER , Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:06:47 -0700 Dr Gerry, My suggestion would be to take a look at http://wiki.octave.org/ especially, CategoryInstall. Dr Joe on 12/23/04 11:32 AM, GERALD HOOPER at ghphpr at ntlworld dot com wrote: > Hi Octave Experts > I was recently give some Matlab V5 Software which required Window 95 > which is now obsolete. The Linux Group at Leicester University suggested > that I take a look at your Octave software which I did and downloaded > and decompressed the tar archive OK. I then considered installing your > Octave software but before doing so I decied to print out and read the > shell files involved such as CONFIGURE!! This file took more than thirty > pages of A4 to print and is such that I stand no chance of understanding > its contents. The build processes for Octave seem to be very complex and > involved and the instructions given in your Install files have really > put me off proceeding further. > I am currently running the latest version of SuSe Linux on a standard PC > with dual Pentium II processors. There should be a binary version of > Octave available for such a configuration and I would be grateful for > your advice in locating and installing i without too much hastle. > Thanks > Dr Gerry Hooper > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------