From help-request at octave dot org Fri Dec 24 07:48:49 2004
Subject: Re: Octave Installation problems/Problem Solved
From: GERALD HOOPER <ghphpr at ntlworld dot com>
To: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 13:47:37 +0000

Thanks for all your help folks
I now have Octave up and running under SuSe Linux 9.1 professional.
The first example I tried tied up with the Matlab syntax and gave the 
same answer as the Matlab manual. Is there a proper separate manual for 
Octave?
Gerry Hooper

GERALD HOOPER 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
>
>



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