Re: Compiling Octave for OSX 10.6.x - feedback

[Rudolf Widmer-Schnidrig]

On 01.03.11 13:54, Ben Abbott wrote:
> On Feb 27, 2011, at 7:30 AM, Rudolf Widmer-Schnidrig wrote:
>
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I just compiled Octave 3.4.0 on OSX 10.6.6 following the instructions on
> > http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/file/952e52dda82e/README.MacOS
> >
> > I used fink to build a 32bit executable.
> >
> > What I would like to add to section 2.3.1 is that in order to print to a 
> > PostScript file
> > I had to also install the packages
> >
> > epstool
> > transfig
> > pstoedit
> >
> > (sudo fink install epstool    etc...)
> >
> >       thanks for the great piece of software.
> >
> >                             -Ruedi
> Thanks for the feedback. Regarding transfig, it is a virtual package for me (it 
> is bundled with xfig).
>
> $ fink list transfig
> Information about 10003 packages read in 3 seconds.
>   p   transfig                             [virtual package]
>       transfig-epsfig      3.2.5-1008      Convert xfig objs with -graphicx 
> (-epsfig is deprecated)
>   i   transfig-graphicx    3.2.5-1008      Convert xfig objs with -graphicx 
> (-epsfig is deprecated)
>       transfig323          3.2.3d-4        Converts xfig objs to various 
> graphics formats (old ve
>
> Did you install transfig without installing xfig?
>
> Ben
Dear Ben, yes - I installed transfig without installing xfig.       -Ruedi