Re: Configuration issues

[Ben Abbott]

On Mar 19, 2012, at 2:38 PM, Alexandre Payeur wrote:
> 
>> On Mar 14, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Alexandre Payeur wrote:
>> 
>>>> On Mar 14, 2012, at 5:43 PM, Alexandre Payeur wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm trying to install octave 3.6.1.. When I do ./configure, it
>>>>> produces
>>>>> the following error:
>>>>> 
>>>>> checking for Fortran 77 name-mangling scheme... unknown
>>>>> configure: WARNING: unknown Fortran name-mangling scheme
>>>>> configure: defining FFLAGS to be -O
>>>>> checking whether gfortran generates correct size integers... no
>>>>> configure: error: your Fortran compiler must have an option to make
>>>>> integers the same size as octave_idx_type (int).  See the file INSTALL
>>>>> for
>>>>> more information.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The INSTALL file doesn't contain any information whatsoever. I
>>>>> searched
>>>>> the web for an answer and I found nothing a human can understand.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have version 3.4.0. working, but I need a more recent version to use
>>>>> the
>>>>> xcorr function.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any help will be appreciated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Alexandre Payeur
>>>> 
>>>> Are you running MacOS ?
>>>> 
>>>>    http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Octave_for_Mac
>>>> 
>>>> Ben
>>> 
>>> Hi Ben,
>>> 
>>> I have octave 3.4.0. installed and it works. I want to upgrade to 3.6.0.
>>> or 3.6.1. to use the function xcorr in the signal package.
>>> 
>>> So, I guess my Mac is already 'GNUified'.
>>> 
>>> Is this what you meant?
>>> 
>>> Alex
>> 
>> Apple's Xcode does not include a fortran compiler. If you'd like to build
>> Octave's sources, you'll need to install a version of gcc that does
>> include gfortran. I highly recommend you either use the AT&T Research's
>> gfortran that has been patched to work with Apple's gcc 4.2 ...
>> 
>>      http://r.research.att.com/tools/
>> 
>> ... or, use a package management system like Fink, MacPorts, or Homebrew.
>> 
>>      http://www.finkproject.org/
>> 
>>      http://www.macports.org/
>> 
>>      http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/
>> 
>> If you're not sure, I recommend a package management system over
>> installing the patched gfortran from AT&T Research's gfortran. I've used
>> both Fink and MacPorts. I have no problem building the developers sources
>> with MacPorts, but have some trouble with Fink. Homebrew looks like it
>> would be easy to build octave with, but I haven't tried.
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> Hi Ben,
> 
> I've already installed gfortran 4.6.1.
> 
> Alex

How did you install gcc 4.6.1 ?

Did you use a package manager (Fink MacPorts, Homebrew) ?

If not where did you install gcc 4.6.1? Did you install on top of Apple's Xcode 
tools ?

Ben