G'day all.
I'm trying to get Octave + Octave Forge running on my new MacBook
Pro Core 2 Duo (x86) running OS X 10.4.8 (Tiger)
I installed the binary Octave 2.9.9 from the HPC project without
much trouble at all. I then tried to install the binary Octave-
Forge from the HMUG site and am having trouble getting it to work.
Not sure if it's something simple (path problem), Mac specific (X11
issue) or nefarious.
From having what looked to be a working Octave 2.9.9, this is what
I get when I run Octave now:
GNU Octave, version 2.9.9 (i386-apple-darwin8.8.1).
Copyright (C) 2006 John W. Eaton.
This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTIBILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. For details, type `warranty'.
Additional information about Octave is available at http://
www.octave.org.
Please contribute if you find this software useful.
For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/help-wanted.html
Report bugs to <address@hidden> (but first, please read
http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to write a helpful
report).
error: couldn't link module /usr/local/libexec/octave/2.9.9/site/
oct/i386-apple-darwin8.8.1/octave-forge/gf.oct
error: evaluating argument list element number 2
error: near line 24 of file `/usr/local/share/octave/2.9.9/site/m/
octave-forge/comm/PKG_ADD'
error: source: error sourcing file `/usr/local/share/octave/2.9.9/
site/m/octave-forge/comm/PKG_ADD'
error: near line 11 of file `/usr/local/share/octave/2.9.9/m/
startup/octaverc'
octave:1> randint(2,2,2)
ans =
1 0
1 1
octave:2> which randint
randint is the user-defined function from the file
/usr/local/share/octave/2.9.9/site/m/octave-forge/comm/randint.m
octave:3> which gf
error: couldn't link module /usr/local/libexec/octave/2.9.9/site/
oct/i386-apple-darwin8.8.1/octave-forge/gf.octwhich: `gf' is the
script file
/usr/local/libexec/octave/2.9.9/site/oct/i386-apple-darwin8.8.1/
octave-forge/gf
octave:3>
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When I remove all of the Octave-Forge directories, Octave looks ok
again. Any help / advice with this is much appreciated.
Cheers,
Paul