Re: problem setting up octave

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 4, 2012, at 12:54 PM, Michael Teitelbaum wrote:
> > Subject: Re: problem setting up octave
> > From: address@hidden
> > Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 12:45:01 -0400
> > CC: address@hidden
> > To: address@hidden
> > 
> > On Jun 4, 2012, at 12:34 PM, Michael Teitelbaum wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I am a new octave user, trying to set up octave on a mac. I believe I 
> > > followed the installation instructions correctly, but I cannot get octave 
> > > working. When I open octave, the following message appears in the 
> > > "terminal" window that comes up:
> > > 
> > > exec '/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave'
> > > savona:~ michael$ exec 
> > > '/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave'
> > > /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave: line 62: 
> > > /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave-3.4.0: Bad CPU 
> > > type in executable
> > > 
> > > [Process completed]
> > > 
> > > I am then unable to type anything in to that window. Any help would be 
> > > greatly appreciated.
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > 
> > Please tell us what version of MacOS you are running, and what your CPU is, 
> > and what version of Octave your have installed.
> > 
> > You are apparently trying to run an app-bundle for a CPU type which your 
> > computer does not have.
> > 
> > Octave's developers currently do not have a reliable app-bundle for Octave 
> > 3.4.x, or 3.6.x. There is an app-bundle for 3.4.x, but some manual 
> > adjustments may be needed to get it working correctly.
> > 
> > http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle
> > 
> > I recommend you try obtaining Octave via a package manager instead.
> > 
> > http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Octave_for_MacOS_X
> > 
> > Ben
> >
> 
> Thanks for the quick response. I am running OS X 10.5.8 on a Power Mac G5.  I 
> have installed Octave 3.4.0.  Could any of these be the reason that octave is 
> not working for me?
> 
> Thanks

Yes. The 3.4.x binaries only run on Intel based macs.

I recommend you install the FInk package manager and use it to installed Octave 
3.6.x

Ben