On Mar 7, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Ben Abbott wrote: On Mar 7, 2012, at 2:13 AM, Paul Sims wrote: Hi all,
I'm having some trouble getting Octave to run on my mac, version 10.6.8. I followed the octave wiki instructions here:
http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle
and got all the files (Octave, GnuPlot, and Aquaterm) into my applications folder. I then opened Octave, got the start up message with copyright, and entered the first line of code per the instructions from the wiki section: Running Octave and Gnuplot from a Terminal
• sudo touch /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
However, I got a message asking for confirmation since this could change my settings, which I said yes to and now I can't use Octave. All I got was a request for a password which I didn't know. When I click on Octave now I get my terminal screen, but with no recognition of Octave, no set up screen, etc. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling octave to no avail.
Any ideas on what I did wrong and what I can do to fix it would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
- Paul
The instructions below are only needed if you want to start Octave from a Terminal's command line. http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle#Running_Octave_and_Gnuplot_from_a_TerminalIf that is what you want, did you follow all the instructions ? What does "with no recognition of Octave" mean ? Why do you expect a setup screen ? If all you want to do is run Octave you just double-click on the App and Octave will be run in a Terminal window and begin by displaying the text below. ------------------------------- GNU Octave, version 3.4.0 Copyright (C) 2011 John W. Eaton and others. This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. For details, type `warranty'. Octave was configured for "x86_64-apple-darwin10.7.3". Additional information about Octave is available at http://www.octave.org. Please contribute if you find this software useful. For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/help-wanted.html Read http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to submit bug reports. For information about changes from previous versions, type `news'. ------------------------------- Ben
Well shoot, now I feel quite foolish for trying to start from the terminal screen but unfortunately I'm still having problems just trying to start octave.
I only copied the first line of code in, hit return, before it asked for a password, which I didn't have. I tried typing but nothing was happening so I quit the program. When I start Octave now it loads the terminal screen and octave in the dock but the octave icon then disappears from the dock and I get the following message on my terminal screen: exec '/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave'. The heading on my terminal screen reads: "Terminal - login - 80 x 24".
When I say with "no recognition of Octave", I mean that I get a heading on my terminal screen that reads "Terminal - login - 80 x 24" instead of the initial one that says "Octave etc. etc. etc.". As to a setup screen, I meant I was expecting the intro paragraph that usually shows up, i.e.
"GNU Octave, version 3.4.0 Copyright (C) 2011 John W.
Eaton and others. This is free software; see
the source code for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO
WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. For details, type `warranty'. Octave was configured for
"x86_64-apple-darwin10.7.3". Additional information about
Octave is available at http://www.octave.org. Please contribute if you
find this software useful. For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/help-wanted.html Read http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to
learn how to submit bug reports."
I have copied this from another post but it's the same information that shows up when the program initially starts.
At this point, I'd just like to run the program...
Thanks!
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