I think you need to add the location you installed octave into your
path? For example, if I built and installed octave using
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/octave-stable
Then entering
/usr/local/octave-stable/bin/octave
should work to start octave after it is installed. To avoid typing out
that whole thing you can set an environment variable called PATH that
tells the shell where to search for programs. In bash if you type
export PATH=/usr/local/octave-stable/bin:$PATH
Then typing octave will use the new version. You can permanently
change your path by editing your ~/.bashrc file.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/3199
That should work to fix emacs when you start emacs from a terminal as
well. I'm not certain, but I suspect you will have to edit your
~/.profile file instead and then logout and log back in to get emacs
to work from the Applications menu.
--judd
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:11 AM, <address@hidden> wrote:
Dear all,
I built octave 3.2.3 today on ubuntu 9.10 and it's working. However, the
shell command 'octave' still refers to previous version 3.2.2, the command
'octave-3.2.3' has to be used for the most recent version. How can I make
the shell command 'octave' load the latest version? How can I make emacs
M-x-run-octave load the most recent octave version?
Regards & many thanks,
Adi