Re: Mac OSX 10.6 and Octave

[Ben Abbott]

On Sep 10, 2009, at 5:29 PM, Vic Norton wrote:

> Has anyone been able to successfully install Octave 3.2.2 (or any
> earlier version) on the new Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) operating
> system? I've heard nothing but horror stories so far. I would very
> much like to upgrade to Mac OSX 10.6 (which I have purchased), but I
> dare not upgrade unless I can install Octave. Mind you, I am an old
> (74), unix-un-savvy mathematician; I need a relatively straightforward
> installation process.
>
> By the way, Octave 3.2.2 works perfectly now, on my 2.93 GHz Intel
> Core 2 Duo iMac with Mac OSX 10.5.8. As I understand it, Octave 3.2.2
> will stop working as soon as I upgrade to Mac OSX 10.6. Am I wrong
> about this?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vic

I'm presently unable to build octave, but have no problem running the  
binary at the link below.

        http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary

However, if you need to compile oct-files, you'll want to wait until  
the problem with 'mkoctfile' is fixed.

        http://www.nabble.com/Install-packages-in-Mac-OS-X-td25356552.html

Ben