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RE: Mkoctfile cygwin Working
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Keshab Man Shrestha \(Dr\) |
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RE: Mkoctfile cygwin Working |
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Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:40:34 +0800 |
Thanks John for the update of the installation instruction.
I would like to mention that for the mkoctfile to work, I had to also
install 'readline' package under development category.
Thanks
Keshab
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Subject: RE: Mkoctfile cygwin
On 18-Apr-2006, James R. Phillips wrote:
| These install instructions are clearly dated "Wed Jan 14 13:37:15
| 2004".
OK, I just updated this file to what you see below. Patches are welcome
(comments and suggestions without specific wording, less so).
jwe
Octave is now part of the normal net distribution of Cygwin, available
from http://www.cygwin.com. To install the Cygwin package of Octave:
1. Use your favorite browser to view the page http://www.cygwin.com
2. Click on the "Install or update now" link.
3. A dialog should appear with the option to run the setup program
from its current location or save it to disk. Either will work,
but I usually choose to save the setup program to disk so that it
is possible to run it later to update the installation without
having to go back to the web page using a browser.
4. Run the setup program.
5. Choose "Install from Internet".
6. Select a root install directory. You may choose any directory, but
it needs to have enough space for Octave and all the related
tools. Sorry, I don't know how much space that is at present.
7. Select a local package directory. This is a directory that the
setup program will use to temporarily store package files before
installing them. It should have plenty of space (probably 70MB
or more). You may delete this directory once the installation is
complete.
8. Select your Internet Connection. Probably "Direct Connection" is
OK unless you are behind a firewall of some kind that limits your
access to the Internet.
9. Choose a download site. One that is "near" you on the net is
probably best.
10. Select packages. Choose Octave from the Math category and gnuplot
from the graphics category.
11. Once the download and file installation is done, click Finish. I
usually choose to create an icon on the desktop and put an icon in
the start menu. After you click finish, a series of scripts will
run, displaying some output in a terminal window. It will take a
few minutes.
12. To run Octave, start Cygwin. This will bring up a terminal
window. In that window type
startx
(a running X server is needed for plotting). Running startx will
bring up a new window. In that window, type
octave
That should present you with an Octave prompt. Type
sombrero (41)
at this prompt and a new window with the sombrero plot should
appear.
13. To build .oct files (dynamically loaded functions) for Octave, you
will also need the octave-headers package. Currently, due to some
bugs in the most recent version of the C++ compiler and libraries
for Cygwin, you will also need gcc and g++ 3.3 rather than 3.4.
You can use the setup.exe installer to select and install the
older version.
John W. Eaton
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