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

[Jeff Cunningham]

Do you have the Developer's Tools installed?  I don't think it's part of the 
default system configuration?  Look for a separate installer on the install DVD.

-jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Henry F. Mollet [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 1:52 PM
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Subject: Re: Installing octave & octave-forge on Mac OS X 10.4.x - A
No-Fuss Guide REVISED



David,
I gave it a try but did not get very far.
sudo: make: command not found, more below.
Henry

henry-f-mollets-emac:/tmp hfm$ cd libiconv-1.9.2BS
henry-f-mollets-emac:/tmp/libiconv-1.9.2BS hfm$ ls
ABOUT-NLS               README.MacOS_X.html     extras
AUTHORS                 README.djgpp            include
COPYING.LIB             README.os2              lib
ChangeLog               README.woe32            libcharset
DESIGN                  THANKS                  libtool
INSTALL.generic         aclocal.m4              m4
Makefile                autoconf                man
Makefile.devel          config.h                os2
Makefile.in             config.h.in             po
Makefile.msvc           config.h.msvc           src
Makefile.os2            config.h_vms            srclib
Makefile.vms            config.log              stamp-h1
NEWS                    config.status           tests
NOTES                   configure               tools
PORTS                   configure.in            vms
README                  djgpp                   windows
henry-f-mollets-emac:/tmp/libiconv-1.9.2BS hfm$ sudo make install
Password:
sudo: make: command not found
henry-f-mollets-emac:/tmp/libiconv-1.9.2BS hfm$


> Octave_post <address@hidden>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: David Collett <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:34:56 -0700
> To: Octave_post <address@hidden>
> Subject: Installing octave & octave-forge on Mac OS X 10.4.x - A No- 
> Fuss
> Guide REVISED
>
> 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!
>
> -----
>
> 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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>
>



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