Re: Octave for Windows page is down

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

Hello

You can now refer below in the mailing list archive,

http://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/help-octave/2010-October/021990.html

Regards

Tatsuro

--- Tatsuro MATSUOKA <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello
> 
> For the continence, I will make quick translation of my web site written 
> Japanese
> 
> GNU Octave, version 3.2.４ (i686-pc-mingw32)
> atlas 3.8.2 libraries
> mingw32 (GCC 4.4.0 on http://www.mingw.org)
> gnuplot 4.4.0 (prepare for octave)
> mini-MSYS 1.0.11
> notepad++ 5.6.7 as text editor
> Some componets of octave-forge packages
> actuarial-1.1.0 (New!)
> audio-1.1.4
> benchmark-1.1.1
> bim-1.0.0 (New!)
> bioinfo-0.1.2
> combinatorics-1.0.9
> communications-1.0.10
> control-1.0.11
> data-smoothing-1.2.0
> econometrics-1.0.8
> fenv-0.1.0 (New!)
> financial-0.3.2
> fixed-0.7.10
> fpl-1.0.0 (New!)
> ga-0.9.7
> general-1.2.0 (updated)
> generate_html-0.1.2 (New!)
> gnuplot-1.0.1 (New!)
> gpc-0.1.7
> gsl-1.0.8
> ident-1.0.7
> image-1.0.10
> informationtheory-0.1.8
> integration-1.0.7
> io-1.0.11 (updated)
> irsa-1.0.7
> java-1.2.7 (New!)
> jhandles-0.3.5 (New!)
> linear-algebra-1.0.8
> mapping-1.0.7
> miscellaneous-1.0.9
> missing-functions-1.0.2
> msh-1.0.0 (New!)
> nlwing2-1.1.1 (New!)
> nnet-0.1.10
> nurbs-1.0.3 (New!)
> ocs-0.0.4 (New!)
> oct2mat-1.0.7 (New! ***** Care is required for this components ********)
> octcdf-1.0.17 (updated 1.0.17+)
> octgpr-1.1.5 (New!)
> odebvp-1.0.6
> odepkg-0.6.10 (updated)
> optim-1.0.12 (updated)
> optiminterp-0.3.2
> outliers-0.13.9
> physicalconstants-0.1.7
> plot-1.0.7
> quaternion-1.0.0
> signal-1.0.10
> simp-1.1.0 (New!)
> sockets-1.0.5
> specfun-1.0.8
> special-matrix-1.0.7
> spline-gcvspl-1.0.8 (New!)
> splines-1.0.7
> statistics-1.0.9
> strings-1.0.7
> struct-1.0.7
> symband-1.0.10 (New!)
> symbolic-1.0.9
> time-1.0.9
> video-1.0.2 (New!)
> windows-1.0.8 (updated to 1.0.8+)
> zenity-0.5.7 
> 
> 
> If you install all the octave-forge packages, I strongly recommend to make 
> the oct2mat not
> autoload.
> 
> Execute once
> 
> pkg rebuild -noauto oct2mat
> 
> from the octave prompt and quit and restart octave.
> Execute 'pkg list' and confirm that the oct2mat is not autoloaded.
> 
> When you want use the oct2mat package, execute 'pkg load oct2mat' after using 
> the oct2mat,
> restart
> octave for unload oct2mat by 'pkg unload oct2mat'.
> 
> If you install plot package, rename ginput.m in
> ...\Octave\3.2.4_gcc-4.4.0\share\octave\packages\plot-1.0.7 like 
> ginput.m.tmp.  On octave 3.2.4
> itself
> has ginput.m.  The treatment described here is for avoiding the conflicting.
> 
> If ginput is slow in your computer, please add a line to
> ...\Octave\3.2.4_gcc-4.4.0\share\octave\3.2.4\m\plot\__gnuplot_ginput__.m 
> (around line 112)
> 
> str = {};
>     while (isempty (str))
>       sleep(0.05); # **** add this line *****
>       str = char (fread (istream)');
> 
> **********
> 
> I hope the above is useful for the students in your university.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tatsuro
> 
> 
>  
> 
> --- Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> 
> > Hello
> > 
> > I have been maintaining the below page for longer than two years
> >  http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctaveForWindows
> > 
> > The wiki sever maintainer can recover the site not by me.  
> > 
> > The page describe download address, contents of the package, and special 
> > note for installing.
> > 
> > The download site is 
> > http://octave.sourceforge.net/
> >  For convenience Octave-Forge supplies pre-built installers for Octave:
> >     Windows installer (Octave and Octave-Forge)
> > 
> > You can download the octave installer.
> > 
> > The most important notice is the oct2mat octave-forge component.  This is 
> > only for matlab
> users
> > who
> > want use script file which is written for the octave but not octave.
> > 
> > If you are planning to use it, uncheck it when selecting it at the 
> > octave-forge installing.
> > 
> > If you want use it, please make the package not autoload.
> > 
> > You start octave and execute 'pkg rebuild -noauto oct2mat' and restart 
> > octave.
> > If you want use the oct2mat package, 'pkg load oct2mat'  after you finished 
> > to use it, please
> > unload
> > the oct2mat package by 'pkg unload oct2mat'
> > 
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Tatsuro 
> > 
> > --- Moo wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Bart Vandewoestyne <
> > > address@hidden> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > I just noticed that the page where people can download Octave for
> > > > Windows is down.  When i surf to
> > > >
> > > > http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctaveForWindows
> > > >
> > > > I get
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Internal Server Error
> > > >
> > > > The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was 
> > > > unable
> > > > to complete your request.
> > > >
> > > > Please contact the server administrator, address@hidden and
> > > > inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have 
> > > > done
> > > > that may have caused the error.
> > > >
> > > > More information about this error may be available in the server error 
> > > > log.
> > > >
> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > This happened at Friday 08/10/2010 at 5:53PM Belgian time.
> > > >
> > > > Since I have about 50 students that will download and install Octave for
> > > > Windows this weekend, to make an assignment that they have to hand in 
> > > > next
> > > > week, it would be nice if that site was back online or if somebody could
> > > > refer
> > > > me to a mirror website where they can download the latest MinGW port of
> > > > Octave
> > > > for Windows...
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Bart
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >        "Share what you know.  Learn what you don't."
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Help-octave mailing list
> > > > address@hidden
> > > > https://www-old.cae.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/help-octave
> > > >
> > > 
> > > This page is currently working for me:
> > > 
> > > http://octave.sourceforge.net/
> > > 
> > > but I'm in the US; don't know if that has something to do with it.  
> > > Here's a
> > > link to the Sourceforge download site, if it helps:
> > > 
> > >
> >
>
http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave_Windows%20-%20MinGW/Octave%203.2.4%20for%20Windows%20MinGW32%20Installer/Octave-3.2.4_i686-pc-mingw32_gcc-4.4.0_setup.exe/download
> > > 
> > > You should be able to change which mirror to download from that page, as
> > > well.
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > 
> > 
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