RE: Installing Octave

[Billings, Paul]

Additionally, the version from the cygwin install is the most recent
(non-developmental) version 2.1.71.

At Paul Soderlind's site
(http://home.tiscalinet.ch/paulsoderlind/Software/Software.html) toward the
bottom is a section "Running Octave In Windows", which mentions dressing up
the interface, which I highly recommend. (Thanks Paul!)  Instead of the
default ugly, black cygwin window, use rxvt for better features.  I use this
for the cygwin command prompt (i.e., bash shell) and just type 'octave', but
the site indicates how to run octave directly.  You might want some
additional switches to rxvt (use 'man rxvt' to find out what they do).  I
have a shortcut with the target:
C:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -si -sw -sk -sr -sl 2048 -e bash --login -i

Paul Billings


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bateman [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 2:57 AM
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> Subject: Re: Installing Octave
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> address@hidden wrote:
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> > Sorry for the harangue, especially if I am mistaken.....if I'm not
> > mistaken, let is serve as a wakeup call ?
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> Yes you're missing something
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> www.cygwin.com -> setup.exe -> select package octave / octave-forge ....
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> D.
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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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