Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 5, 2012, at 7:14 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Dudley Brooks wrote:
> 
>> On 4/5/12 2:47 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:44 PM, Dudley Brooks wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 4/5/12 2:35 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Dudley Brooks wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 4/5/12 1:40 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Apr 5, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Dudley Brooks wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I followed all the instructions on the page
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Specifically:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> sudo touch /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>        sudo ln -s 
>>>>>>>> /Applications/gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot
>>>>>>>> /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>        sudo touch /usr/local/bin/octave
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>        sudo ln -s 
>>>>>>>> /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>>>>>>>> /usr/local/bin/octave
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> But when I typed
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>        octave
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I got "permission denied".
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Nevertheless, when I typed
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>        env
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I found that /usr/local/bin *is* in PATH
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The next instructions said that I should then e-mail here.
>>>>>>>> Suggestions?  Thanks.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Please verify you get the following.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>         ls -l /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>>>>>>>         -rwxrwxrwx  1 bpabbott  admin  2968 Apr 21  2011
>>>>>>> /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It's there, and so is gnuplot.  They both show up, with the correct 
>>>>>> permissions.  One small question, since my unix is rusty:  octave shows 
>>>>>> -rwxrwxrwx and gnuplot shows -rwxrwxrwx@ -- what's the difference?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> And I don't understand: if it's -rwxrwxrwx, how can there be "permission 
>>>>>> denied"?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ok. Now try to run Octave without the link. Just type the part below at 
>>>>> the shell prompt.
>>>>> 
>>>>>   /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>>>> 
>>>> OK, that works.
>>> 
>>> Ok. Now fix the links. First, delete the old ones.
>>> 
>>>     sudo rm /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>>>     sudo rm /usr/local/bin/octave
>>> 
>>> ... and then recreate them.
>>> 
>>>     sudo touch /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>>> 
>>>     sudo ln -s /Applications/gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot 
>>> /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>>> 
>>>     sudo touch /usr/local/bin/octave
>>> 
>>>     sudo ln -s /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave 
>>> /usr/local/bin/octave
>>> 
>>> Ben
>> 
>> I notice that ls -l /usr/local/bin/octave gives -rw-r--r--  Evidently that's 
>> where the execute permission is denied.  But why is it that way?  Can I 
>> merely do a chmod?
> 
> ok. Try ...
> 
>       chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/octave
>       chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
> 
> Ben

I've added this part to the wiki. Please confirm this works for you.

Ben