Re: octave update

[c.]

On 2 Nov 2013, at 13:30, jacopo rocchi <address@hidden> wrote:

> thank you, i tried to follow the wiki page but that what i get. if i write on
> the shell
> sudo port install octave-devel +atlas+docs
> i get:
> Error: Unable to open port: invalid command name "compiler.blacklist-append"
> while if i use fink and write 
> sudo fink install octave-dev
> i got
> We don't support updates from 10.7 to 10.9.
> Check the 'Clean Upgrade' section of /sw2/share/doc/fink/INSTALL
> or /sw2/share/doc/fink/INSTALL.html for information about 
> how to proceed.
> 
> 'install' operation not permitted.
> 
> homebrew does not work, since if i write:
> brew install octave
> it gives:
> Warning: It appears you have MacPorts or Fink installed.
> Software installed with other package managers causes known problems for
> Homebrew. If a formula fails to build, uninstall MacPorts/Fink and try
> again.
> Error: No available formula for octave 
> Searching taps...
> homebrew/science/octave
> 
> so how should i proceed?

Choose which one of the package managers you want to use and then report the 
problem to the support forum of that package manager.
From what I see above, I think that macports and fink need to be installed from 
scratch because your versions do not work anymore 
after you updated to Mavericks, that's just a guess though.
c.