Re: Octave for YDL 5.0.x... install problem & cell programming offer

[Michael Creel]

On 4/21/07, Don Roberts <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I've been fighting a loosing battle trying to install Octave under YDL 5.0.1
> (running on a PS3).  Your OctaveForGNULinux says Octave is part of the
> Fedora Extras and just a "yum install octave-forge" will do it.  But the YDL
> 5 distro doesn't have Octave in the extras! (at least not that a "yum list"
> could find).  With over a dozen dependancies, it looks like RPM hell.  I
> have 10 years experience on UNIX and Solaris, but I'm a newbie on installs.
> >> Any pointers? <<
>
> My key expertise is in parallel processing, and my reason for getting the
> PS3 is to start moving some cpu-hog functions onto the SPEs.  So I'm very
> interested in coordinating with anyone who may be doing something similar.
>
> cheers,
> James D. (Don) Roberts
The biggest pointer is to use Debian, there's an installer at
http://www.keshi.org/moin/moin.cgi/PS3/Debian/Installer
and a live CD that will show you what you get at
http://www.keshi.org/moin/moin.cgi/PS3/Debian/Live
To get the resolution set to the best mode, see the instructions at
http://buffis.com/?p=27

Debian has a MUCH larger set of packages than does YDL. Once you have
Debian installed, you just do an "apt-get install octave2.9" I'm also
interested in parallel computing, ParallelKnoppix is a project of
mine. I haven't tried anything with the PS3 yet, though. Cheers, M.