Re: Octave install on Mac OS X 10.8.5

[Ben Abbott]

On Oct 11, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Frank O <address@hidden> wrote:

> I've been having some issues trying to get Octave going on my OS X 10.8.5
> Macbook. I couldn't get the Octave 3.4.0 packages from Sourceforge to run,
> so I went with an Octave 3.2.3 package and also installed Gnuplot. I was
> also prompted to install X11. Now when I attempt to do a plot, I get the
> error below. Is there an easy fix for this (perhaps an adjustment to
> something like a path)? Or is there a better bundle that runs well on OS X
> 10.8.5? The Mac app store won't let me download Xcode, as it says it's only
> for OS X 10.9.
> 
> octave-3.2.3:3> plot(x, y);
> dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
>  Referenced from: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.1.dylib
>  Reason: Incompatible library version: libfontconfig.1.dylib requires
> version 18.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 10.0.0
> dyld: Library not loaded: /opt/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
>  Referenced from: /usr/X11R6/lib/libfontconfig.1.dylib
>  Reason: Incompatible library version: libfontconfig.1.dylib requires
> version 18.0.0 or later, but libfreetype.6.dylib provides version 10.0.0
> /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot: line 71:   732
> Trace/BPT trap: 5       GNUTERM="${GNUTERM}" GNUPLOT_HOME="${GNUPLOT_HOME}"
> PATH="${PATH}" DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}" HOME="${HOME}"
> GNUHELP="${GNUHELP}" DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH="${DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH}"
> GNUPLOT_PS_DIR="${GNUPLOT_PS_DIR}" DISPLAY="${DISPLAY}"
> GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR="${GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR}" "${ROOT}/bin/gnuplot-4.2.6" "$@"
> /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot: line 71:   738
> Trace/BPT trap: 5       GNUTERM="${GNUTERM}" GNUPLOT_HOME="${GNUPLOT_HOME}"
> PATH="${PATH}" DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}" HOME="${HOME}"
> GNUHELP="${GNUHELP}" DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH="${DYLD_FRAMEWORK_PATH}"
> GNUPLOT_PS_DIR="${GNUPLOT_PS_DIR}" DISPLAY="${DISPLAY}"
> GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR="${GNUPLOT_DRIVER_DIR}" "${ROOT}/bin/gnuplot-4.2.6" "$@"
> error: you must have gnuplot installed to display graphics; if you have
> gnuplot installed in a non-standard location, see the 'gnuplot_binary'
> function
> octave-3.2.3:4> 

At present, there are no reliable bundles for Mac OS 10.8.x.

The error you encounrted is from your Gnuplot.

I recommend that you use either a package manager (Fink or Macports) to install 
Gnuploit and Octave.

        http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X#Package_Managers

I also recommend that you upgrade to Mac OS 10.9 (its free).  Is there a reason 
you favor Mac OS 10.8.5?

Ben