From help-request at octave dot org Thu Dec 23 22:26:28 2004 Subject: Re: Octave Installation problems From: R S Ananda Murthy To: help at octave dot org Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 04:28:25 +0000 Hello, You can easily compile Octave by following instructions given in =20 INSTALL file. After this you can create RPM package by using =20 checkinstall. Anand On 12/24/2004 12:02:28 AM, GERALD HOOPER wrote: > Hi Octave Experts > I was recently give some Matlab V5 Software which required Window 95 =20 > which is now obsolete. The Linux Group at Leicester University =20 > suggested that I take a look at your Octave software which I did and =20 > downloaded and decompressed the tar archive OK. I then considered =20 > installing your Octave software but before doing so I decied to print =20 > out and read the shell files involved such as CONFIGURE!! This file =20 > took more than thirty pages of A4 to print and is such that I stand =20 > no chance of understanding its contents. The build processes for =20 > Octave seem to be very complex and involved and the instructions =20 > given in your Install files have really put me off proceeding =20 > further. > I am currently running the latest version of SuSe Linux on a standard =20 > PC with dual Pentium II processors. There should be a binary version =20 > of Octave available for such a configuration and I would be grateful =20 > for your advice in locating and installing i without too much hastle. > Thanks > Dr Gerry Hooper >=20 >=20 >=20 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. >=20 > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 >=20 >=20 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------