Re: Octave Installation problems

[Joe Koski]

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 address@hidden 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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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
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