Installing octave & octave-forge on Mac OS X 10.4.x - A No-Fuss Guide REVISED

[David Collett]

Hi, everyone.

Based on very helpful comments from several list members, I have  
revised the guide a bit (eliminated a few packages, and added a few  
others).

I also included a link to http://hpc.sourceforge.net/ recommended by  
Paul Kienzle. This site has an OS X 10.4.x installer (binary) for  
octave, which would presumably eliminate downloading some of the  
packages. However, I didn't try this method because the latest  
versions of octave and octave-forge are up and running on my OS X  
10.4.1 system, and I don't want to touch them!  :-)

Would any of you who have installed octave and octave-forge on Mac OS  
X 10.4.x please look over this revised guide and post any comments  
you have -- errors, additions, suggestions, and perhaps easier  
methods of doing this. For example, it would be ideal if there were  
just a few OS X installers that we could download rather than having  
to download all the separate packages. The above site has an  
installer for octave, but we still need all the pieces for octave- 
forge, etc. Let me know if there is a way to simplify all this.

Here is the original post about this guide, with the link (for the  
latest version). Thanks to everyone!

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Here is an absolute beginner's guide to installing octave and octave- 
forge on Mac OS X 10.4.x.

http://dcollett.macosx.com/octaveOSX104.html

Thanks to all the members of this list who were very helpful and  
patient in answering my questions. Because of your help, I was able  
to get the latest versions of both octave and octave-forge up and  
running flawlessly.

If you have any corrections, additions, or suggestions how this  
beginner's guide can be improved, please let me know.

Thanks again for your help and for this great resource.

David



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