Re: plotting problem on Mac OSX

[Chris Daamen]

Op 16 jul. 2013, om 21:40 heeft Ben Abbott het volgende geschreven:

> On Jul 16, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Chris Daamen wrote:
> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>> I'm using Octave version 3.4.0 running on OSX Mountain lion, and I have
>>>> installed X-Code 4.6.1, AquaTerm 1.1.0, X11 2.7.2 and Gnuplot too. But
>>>> nothing still happens when I'm trying to plot a graph. Just AquaTerm Opens
>>>> and nothing else happens. 
>>>> please someone help me with this.
>>>> thanks.
>>> 
>>> I assume you installed an application bundle for Octave?  Maybe one 
>>> recommended by Coursera?
>>> 
>>> There are some problems with running the application bundle on Lion and 
>>> Mountain Lion.  Some people have been successful, but others have problems. 
>>>  The problem may be that your copy of gnuplot was built to use a different 
>>> version of Aquaterm than the one you have installed.  To fix that, just 
>>> uninstall Aquaterm .. often gnuplot comes bundled with Aquaterm (buried in 
>>> the gnuplot application bundle).  If that doesn't fix the problem for you, 
>>> you can try using the x11 terminal.  From Octave's prompt, just try ..
>>> 
>>>     setenv GNUTERM x11
>>>     plot (rand (3))
>>> 
>>> In general, we recommend you use one of the package managers available for 
>>> Mac OSX (Fink, Macports, or Homebrew).
>>> 
>>>     http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X
>>> 
>>> Please uninstall the version Aquaterm you have before trying to run Octave 
>>> installed using any of these package managers.
>>> 
>>> Ben
>> 
>> For what its worth, I am on Lion, and used the strategy as I outlined 
>> before. I do get nice plots in both the ways I explained.
> 
> Chris, I was typing my reply when you responded.  The response is exactly 
> what is needed for those who wish to install the Octave 3.4.0 bundle on Lion 
> or Mountain Lion.
> 
> If you're inclined to help out further ... it would be nice if someone added 
> the information to the wiki.  We'd prefer that users use a package manager 
> (which supports the most recent release), but for those who prefer an 
> app-bundle, it would be nice to add a subsection to the end of the page below 
> (should be added just below the warning).
> 
>       http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X#Installing_a_Mac_OS_X_Bundle
> 
> Ben
> 
Ben,

I would certainly like to help further. I myself definitely prefer an app 
bundle above a packet manager. I actually looked into what would be necessary 
to compile Octave into such a bundle myself, but there seem to be difficulties 
that are larger than my limited programming experience can handle. If there is 
anything I could do (test, I guess) I'd love to do that. 
In the meantime I'll study a bit more on the subject. I know how to compile 
applications on OSX when they are written for OSX (and not too complicated), 
but not yet how to make UNIX applications into an OSX app bundle. A simple 
wrapper that fires up a Terminal is fine, as long as all the required 
dependencies are in the bundle and the bundle can be anywhere, and install is 
drag and drop from the dmg into the desired location. If you have knowledge of 
resources to learn more on this, resources a bit simpler than this 
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/porting/conceptual/portingunix/portability/portability.html
 I would love to hear about it, so they can contribute to my learning route.
I will look into updating that wikipage.

Chris.