Re: Successful build of Octave 3.6.1 on OSX Lion (sans FINK)

[Ben Abbott]

On Mar 14, 2012, at 5:43 PM, Clarkman wrote:

> # This wasn't that bad, and I am very happy to get it working!  BUT I caution
> # you though, I may be long-time Matlab user & C++ developer, but I am
> totally
> # newbie to Octave.  I finally figured out how to get fltk back-end working,
> so
> # thanks for all the helpful posts here!
> #
> # I'm on OSX 10.7.3, had a previously installed binary for octave-3.2.3
> # The code snippet below for src/display.cc (CGDisplayBitsPerPixel) might be
> useful?
> 
> # This will take a long while ...
> sudo port install octave-devel
> 
> # Install gfortran for OSX Lion (twisted tale here!  This looks)
> http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortranBinaries#MacOS
> 
> # Copy PCRE header, a total hack.
> sudo cp /opt/local/include/pcre.h /usr/include/
> 
> # Get, build, and install readline-6.2
> # (May be retrieved from ftp.cwru.edu.)
> # In readline-6.2 dir:
> ./configure
> # I got an error during 'make' that requires we use -dynamiclib rather than
> -dynamic
> # Researched and found: "You need to go into the sub folder
> readline-6.2/shlib folder in the ReadLine source folder and edit Makefile,
> search -dynamic and change it to -dynamiclib.  This worked, but again it's a
> total hack!
> # Then this will work for readline, puts in /usr/local:
> sudo make install
> 
> # Then we must convince Octave configure to look for readline > 4.2 at
> /usr/local/lib instead of the default:
> 
> export LDFLAGS='-L/usr/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib'
> export CPPFLAGS='-I/usr/local/include -I/opt/local/include'
> 
> # Crude, but it works.  There are probably options to ./configure that
> accomplishes same.  ??  Also not sure of the ordering opt/usr or vice-versa
> 
> 
> # Next we have a problem with the deprecated "CGDisplayBitsPerPixel"
> function
> # as called in src/display.cc on line 75.  I found this workaround that
> seems
> # to work fine:
> #if 1
>        CGDisplayModeRef mode = CGDisplayCopyDisplayMode(display);
>        CFStringRef pixEnc = CGDisplayModeCopyPixelEncoding(mode);
>        if(CFStringCompare(pixEnc, CFSTR(IO32BitDirectPixels),
> kCFCompareCaseInsensitive) == kCFCompareEqualTo)
>                dp = 32;
>        else if(CFStringCompare(pixEnc, CFSTR(IO16BitDirectPixels),
> kCFCompareCaseInsensitive) == kCFCompareEqualTo)
>                dp = 16;
>        else if(CFStringCompare(pixEnc, CFSTR(IO8BitIndexedPixels),
> kCFCompareCaseInsensitive) == kCFCompareEqualTo)
>                dp = 8;
> #else
>          dp = CGDisplayBitsPerPixel (display);
> #endif
> 
> 
> # But you only have the gnuplot side working yet
> # Ben suggested this:
> sudo port install transfig epstool pstoedit
> # here
> http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Compiling-Octave-with-OSX-10-7-td3734547.html
> ### Woah!!  When I saw OSX Lion building imake, I did a double-take.
> 
> # Then you have to install fltk-devel
> sudo port install fltk-devel
> # Now build Octave and take a coffee break
> ./configure
> 
> # Now gets us this ....
> 
> Octave is now configured for x86_64-apple-darwin11.3.0
> 
>  Source directory:            .
>  Installation prefix:         /usr/local
>  C compiler:                  gcc   -Wall -W -Wshadow -Wformat
> -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wwrite-strings
> -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -g -O2 -D_THREAD_SAFE -pthread
>  C++ compiler:                g++  -I/opt/local/include
> -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include   
> -Wall -W -Wshadow -Wold-style-cast -Wformat -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings
> -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -g -O2
>  Fortran compiler:            gfortran -O
>  Fortran libraries:            -L/usr/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib
> -L/usr/local/gfortran/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin11/4.6.2
> -L/usr/local/gfortran/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin11/4.6.2/../../..
> -lgfortran -lquadmath -lm
>  Lex libraries:               
>  LIBS:                        -lm  
> 
>  AMD CPPFLAGS:                
>  AMD LDFLAGS:                 
>  AMD libraries:               -lamd
>  ARPACK CPPFLAGS:             
>  ARPACK LDFLAGS:              
>  ARPACK libraries:            
>  BLAS libraries:              -lcblas -lf77blas -latlas
>  CAMD CPPFLAGS:               
>  CAMD LDFLAGS:                
>  CAMD libraries:              -lcamd
>  CARBON libraries:            -Wl,-framework -Wl,Carbon
>  CCOLAMD CPPFLAGS:            
>  CCOLAMD LDFLAGS:             
>  CCOLAMD libraries:           -lccolamd
>  CHOLMOD CPPFLAGS:            
>  CHOLMOD LDFLAGS:             
>  CHOLMOD libraries:           -lcholmod
>  COLAMD CPPFLAGS:             
>  COLAMD LDFLAGS:              
>  COLAMD libraries:            -lcolamd
>  CURL CPPFLAGS:               
>  CURL LDFLAGS:                
>  CURL libraries:              -lcurl
>  CXSPARSE CPPFLAGS:           
>  CXSPARSE LDFLAGS:            
>  CXSPARSE libraries:          -lcxsparse
>  DL libraries:                -ldl
>  FFTW3 CPPFLAGS:              
>  FFTW3 LDFLAGS:               
>  FFTW3 libraries:             -lfftw3
>  FFTW3F CPPFLAGS:             
>  FFTW3F LDFLAGS:              
>  FFTW3F libraries:            -lfftw3f
>  fontconfig CFLAGS:           -I/opt/local/include  
>  fontconfig LIBS:             -L/opt/local/lib -lfontconfig  
>  FT2_CFLAGS:                  -I/opt/local/include/freetype2
> -I/opt/local/include
>  FT2_LIBS:                    -L/opt/local/lib -lfreetype -lz -lbz2
>  GLPK CPPFLAGS:               
>  GLPK LDFLAGS:                
>  GLPK libraries:              -lglpk
>  graphics CFLAGS:             -I/opt/local/include -pipe -O2
> -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT
>  graphics LIBS:               -L/opt/local/lib -arch x86_64 -lfltk_gl
> -framework AGL -framework OpenGL -framework ApplicationServices -lfltk
> -lpthread -framework Cocoa
>  Magick++ CPPFLAGS:           -I/opt/local/include/GraphicsMagick  
>  Magick++ LDFLAGS:            -L/opt/local/lib  
>  Magick++ libraries:          -lGraphicsMagick++ -lGraphicsMagick  
>  HDF5 CPPFLAGS:               
>  HDF5 LDFLAGS:                
>  HDF5 libraries:              -lhdf5
>  LAPACK libraries:            -llapack
>  OPENGL libraries:            -L/opt/local/lib -lfontconfig  
> -Wl,-framework -Wl,OpenGL
>  PTHREAD flags:               -D_THREAD_SAFE -pthread
>  PTHREAD libraries:           
>  QHULL CPPFLAGS:              
>  QHULL LDFLAGS:               
>  QHULL libraries:             -lqhull
>  QRUPDATE libraries:          -lqrupdate
>  READLINE libraries:          -lreadline
>  REGEX libraries:             -L/opt/local/lib -lpcre
>  TERM libraries:              -lncurses
>  UMFPACK libraries:           -lumfpack
>  X11 include flags:           /opt/local/include
>  X11 libraries:               -L/opt/local/lib -lX11
>  Z CPPFLAGS:                  
>  Z LDFLAGS:                   
>  Z libraries:                 -lz
> 
>  Default pager:               less
>  gnuplot:                     gnuplot
> 
>  Do internal array bounds checking:  false
>  Use octave_allocator:               false
>  Build static libraries:             false
>  Build shared libraries:             true
>  Dynamic Linking:                    true (dlopen)
>  Include support for GNU readline:   true
>  64-bit array dims and indexing:     false
> 
> 
> # And then make it all ...
> make
> 
> # Gets us:
> # "Octave successfully built.  Now choose from the following:"
> 
> # Then:
> make check 
> 
> # and we get ...
> # src/data.cc ............................................ PASS  797/798 
> FAIL 1
> # scripts/polynomial/roots.m ............................. PASS    9/10  
> FAIL 1
> # Summary:
> #  PASS  10006
> #  FAIL      2
> #
> # There were 2 expected failures (see fntests.log for details).
> #
> # Expected failures are known bugs.  Please help improve Octave
> # by contributing fixes for them.
> #
> # There were 357 skipped tests (see fntests.log for details).
> # Skipped tests are features that are disabled in this version of Octave
> # because the needed libraries were not present when Octave was built.
> #
> # 243 (of 803) .m files have no tests.
> #
> # 38 (of 154) .cc files have no tests.
> 
> sudo make install
> 
> 
> # I tried both back ends per Ben's hints, and they both seem to work:
> 
> graphics_toolkit gnuplot
> figure(1)
> graphics_toolkit fltk
> figure(2)
> surf (peaks)
> figure(1)
> surf (peaks)
> 
> # I also tried installing the miscellaneous package (because of recent
> posts)
> 
> # Not too messy ...
> 
> octave:2> pkg install miscellaneous-1.0.11.tar
> warning: creating installation directory /Users/cdunson/octave
> waitbar.cc: In function ‘octave_value_list Fwaitbar(const
> octave_value_list&, int)’:
> waitbar.cc:126: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to
> ‘char*’
> waitbar.cc:147: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to
> ‘char*’
> waitbar.cc:148: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to
> ‘char*’
> csvconcat.cc: In function ‘octave_value_list Fcsvconcat(const
> octave_value_list&, int)’:
> csvconcat.cc:85: warning: comparison is always true due to limited range of
> data type
> warning: function
> /Users/cdunson/octave/miscellaneous-1.0.11/x86_64-apple-darwin11.3.0-api-v48+/waitbar.oct
> shadows a core library function
> warning: function
> /Users/cdunson/octave/miscellaneous-1.0.11/x86_64-apple-darwin11.3.0-api-v48+/waitbar.oct
> shadows a core library function
> 
> What's next?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Clark

There's a page on the wiki about building on MacOS.

        http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Octave_for_Mac

It includes addition dependencies.

Ben