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Re: Problems Installing/Running Octave on Mac OS X 10.6.8


From: Ben Abbott
Subject: Re: Problems Installing/Running Octave on Mac OS X 10.6.8
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:00:24 -0500

On Mar 8, 2012, at 7:56 PM, Paul Sims wrote:

> On Mar 8, 2012, at 4:53 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
>> On Mar 7, 2012, at 10:20 PM, Paul Sims wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mar 7, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 7, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Paul Sims <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 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_Terminal
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> At this point, I'd just like to run the program...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> Can you tell us what shows up *in* the Terminal ?
>>>> 
>>>> Ben
>>> 
>>> When I click on my Octave icon, it opens terminal with the following 
>>> message: exec '/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave'
>>> 
>>> Paul 
>> 
>> That is what it should do. What happens after that ?
>> 
>> If nothing, what happens if you open a terminal window and type ...
>> 
>>      $ ls -l /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>> 
>>      $ cat /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
> 
> Well, it wouldn't do anything after that message came up. For example, I 
> tried typing "2+2" and nothing would happen, it would simply go to the next 
> line without computing it. 
> 
> However, I tried downloading and reloading it for about the fifth time now 
> and it's working. The only difference this time is that I deleted it from the 
> trash (which you normally don't have to do to delete the file) and I 
> redownloaded the program instead of using the dmg file I already had. 
> Regardless, it's working and graphing fine now so I appreciate your time and 
> help.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Paul 

Great. Glad to hear you got it working ... I was running out of ideas.

Ben




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