Re: Problems installing Octave on osx 10.6.8

[Ben Abbott]

On Aug 18, 2012, at 10:39 AM, George Profenza wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 18, 2012, at 7:29 AM, George Profenza wrote:
>> 
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I'm currently trying to install Octave and am experiencing some issues.
>> > Here's what I tried:
>> > I've installed Octave via Macports - Octave itself works, but even though 
>> > Macports reports gnuplot and aquaterm were installed using functions like 
>> > stem() or plot()
>> > seem to be ignored (as if there is no link between Octave and GnuPlot or 
>> > GnuPlot can't open a window, but I'm not getting any errors)
>> >
>> > I've also tried the osx bundle and have installed 
>> > http://www.miscdebris.net/upload/gnuplot-4.2.5-i386.dmg as advised on the 
>> > wiki,
>> > but I got these errors:
>> >
>> > [code]
>> > george-profenzas-macbook:~ george$ exec 
>> > '/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave'
>> > dyld: Symbol not found: __cg_jpeg_resync_to_restart
>> >   Referenced from: 
>> > /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libTIFF.dylib
>> >   Expected in: /libJPEG.dylib
>> >  in 
>> > /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libTIFF.dylib
>> > /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave: line 68: 26488 
>> > Trace/BPT trap          OCTAVE_HOME="${OCTAVE_HOME}" PATH="${PATH}" 
>> > DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}" CC="${CC}" CXX="${CXX}" 
>> > CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}" CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" 
>> > FFLAGS="${FFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" DL_LDFLAGS="${DL_LDFLAGS}" 
>> > SED="$SED" MAGICK_HOME="${ROOT}" FONTCONFIG_PATH="${ROOT}/etc/fonts" 
>> > "${ROOT}/bin/octave-3.4.0" "$@"
>> > [/code]
>> >
>> > I presume the libTIFF and libJPEG bundled in the ImageIO frameworks aren't 
>> > compatible with Octave ?
>> > I should have other version of the dylibs installed by Macports when I 
>> > installed ffmpeg/opencv.
>> > Is there a way to tell Octave to look for the dylibs in /opt/local/lib 
>> > rather than the system frameworks ?
>> >
>> > Any hints/tips on how I can get Octave running with Gnuplot ?
>> >
>> > Thank you for your time,
>> > George
>> 
>> We recommend you try MacPorts, Fink, or Homebrew.
>> 
>>         http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X
>> 
>> MacPorts does not have an Octave version that is current.  However, the 
>> octave-devel port is version 3.4.3, which is more current that the bundle 
>> you've tried to install.
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> Hello Ben,
> 
> I will try the develop port.

I think that is your best option.

> Regarding the wiki (http://wiki.octave.org/Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle) I might 
> have got confused but here's the part I read:
> "
> NOTE: The following instructions are for the Gnuplot in the 'Extras' folder, 
> which DOES NOT WORK, due to some library version issues. Instead you could 
> install a Gnuplot binary 
> fromhttp://www.miscdebris.net/upload/gnuplot-4.2.5-i386.dmg. Or you could try 
> using MacPorts to install Gnuplot.
> Look in the 'Extras' folder and find the gnuplot-4.4.3-aqua-i386.dmg disc 
> image. Double-click this dmg to mount the gnuplot disk image.
> "
> Which is a bit ambiguous. Do I install 4.2.5 or 4.4.3 ? I've noticed that 
> 4.4.3 comes with the octave dmg so I assumed I must use the 4.2.5 dmg which 
> doesn't.
> 
> Thank you,
> George

I recommend you also install Gnuplot using MacPorts.

Ben