Re: octave-forge on Mac OS X

[David Bateman]

According to Nathan Weisz <address@hidden> (on 01/28/04):
> Hi,
> 
> I've installed a binary version of octave 2.1.53 (installation couldn't 
> be more easy BTW) from hpc on a Mac OS X 10.3.2.
> Trying to install octave-forge-2003.06.02 (following the INSTALL.MacOSX 
> instructions) I ran into problems when doing ./ configure
> >configure: WARNING: no mkoctfile found on path
> >./configure: line 2263: conftest.cc: command not found
> >configure: error: Could not run
> 
> Could it be that there are some problems, because my last octave 
> version 2.1.50 was installed under /usr/local/bin whereas the new one 
> is found under /usr/local so that the mkoctfile is searched for in a 
> wrong directory: I found mkoctfile and mkoctfile-2.1.53 under 
> /usr/local/octave/bin/.
> But to be honest: I have no clue. Any hints are greatly appreciated.


Its just that 2003.06.02 only compiles on versions of octave upto 2.1.50.
There have been so many changes to octave itself since then, that you need
the CVS version of octave-forge for the latest versions of octave. Paul
Kienzle is working on a new release of octave-forge right now....

So, you have several choices. 1) Checkout a copy of the octave-forge CVS and
build that, 2) Wait for Paul to do a new release of octave-forge, or 3) Use
Octave 2.1.50.

Cheers
David

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