Re: GUI - start?

[James Russell]

Sunil,  Ben,

Thank you.  I was so close to giving up.  I've put:

graphics_toolkit('gnuplot');

in my .octaverc.

I've put:

tell application "Terminal"
        do script "`which octave-3.8.2` --force-gui; exit"
end tell

in a launcher I made with AppleScript and put it in my Applications folder.

I've copied the Octave icon from http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ (near 
upper right corner) over the generic Apple Script icon visible (in the upper 
left corner) with right-click Get Info on that file.

Things seem to be working.

Much of this is obvious to you, but it would be nice if a newbie didn't have to 
figure it all out.

I appreciate your help.

Jim



> On Dec 2, 2014, at 9:04 AM, Sunil Shah <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> I have a similar experience with plot in octave  --force-gui using Fink.  I 
> am on OSX 10.10.1 and octave 3.8.2.4. 
> 
> However, it does work well with 
> 
> graphics_toolkit('gnuplot')
> 
> The command line version of octave also works better with gnuplot. 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 10:02 PM, jkr <address@hidden> wrote:
> Alexander,
> 
> Followed your instructions below.  At one point my iMac was hung for over a 
> half hour (even clock on screen not updating, no disk noises) and I forced it 
> to power down.  This was apparently during fink install octave-qtmacs 
> octave382-dev.  After rebooting, I did findk list -it octave and got:
> 
>  i      fink-octave-scripts     0.3.3-1 Convenience scripts for Octave add-ons
>  p      liboctave382            [virtual package]
>  p      liboctave382-accelerate         [virtual package]
>  p      liboctave382-accelerate-dev             [virtual package]
>  p      liboctave382-aqua               [virtual package]
>  p      liboctave382-aqua-dev           [virtual package]
>  p      liboctave382-dev                [virtual package]
>  p      liboctave382-gcc49              [virtual package]
>  p      liboctave382-gcc49-dev          [virtual package]
>  i      octave382       3.8.2-4 MATLAB-like language for computations
>  i      octave382-dev   3.8.2-4 MATLAB-like language for computations
>  p      octave382-interpreter           [virtual package]
>  p      octave382-interpreter-accelerate                [virtual package]
>  p      octave382-interpreter-aqua              [virtual package]
> 
> Then I did fink install octave-qtmac octave382-dev, counting on fink to 
> figure out whether it had any work to do (as the list looked incomplete - no 
> qtmac).  This appeared to work, apart from complaints about not being able to 
> stat unstable/crypto/...  It said it found that it needed to install both 
> packages, but took hardly any time.  Next it said:
> 
> Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies!
> 
> Fink isn't sure how to install the above packages safely. You may be able to
> fix things by running:
> 
>   fink scanpackages
>   sudo apt-get update
>   sudo apt-get install octave-qtmac=3.8.2-4 octave382-qtmac=3.8.2-4
> 
> So, I ran all of the recommended commands.  During sudo apt-get install 
> octave-qtmac-3.8.2-4 octave382-qtmac=3.8.2-4 it said:
> 
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   octave382 octave382-dev
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   octave-qtmac octave382-qtmac
> 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0  not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/26.7MB of archives. After unpacking 791kB will be freed.
> 
> Then it appeared to proceed gracefully except for warnings like:
> 
> Removing octave382-dev ...
> Removing octave382 ...
> dpkg - warning: while removing octave382, directory `/sw/var/octave/3.8.2' 
> not empty so not removed.
> dpkg - warning: while removing octave382, directory `/sw/var/octave' not 
> empty so not removed.
> dpkg - warning: while removing octave382, directory `/sw/share/octave' not 
> empty so not removed.
> dpkg - warning: while removing octave382, directory `/sw/lib/octave' not 
> empty so not removed.
> 
> Finally it said Setting up octave-qtmac (3.8.2-4) ..., which it appeared to 
> do successfully.
> 
> Next I ran octave --force-gui
> 
> It brought up a beautiful GUI.  Command line recall worked.  But on a first 
> simple plot I got a dialog "octave-gui quite unexpectedly" and on the command 
> console "octave exited with signal 11".
> 
> I tried starting again at remove --recursive octave382.  fink said No 
> packages to remove. I tried 'fink remove octave382' - same answer.  'find 
> remove octave382-interpreter', same answer.
> 
> I tried using octave from its command line.  I generated a simple plot, but 
> on the command console, it posted pages of:
> 
> Dec  1 17:46:56 Jamess-iMac.local octave-cli-3.8.2[1459] <Error>: 
> CGContextFillRects: invalid context 0x0. This is a serious error. This 
> application, or a library it uses, is using an invalid context  and is 
> thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system stability and 
> reliability. This notice is a courtesy: please fix this problem. It will 
> become a fatal error in an upcoming update.
> 
> (repeated many times).
> 
> I feel totally snake-bit.  It seems like I need to start over with a fresh 
> installation, but it seems like I cannot.  Recommendation?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> > On Dec 1, 2014, at 11:04 AM, Alexander Hansen-2 [via Octave] 
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On Dec 1, 2014, at 10:56 AM, James Russell <[hidden email] 
> > > <x-msg://4/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4667616&i=0>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Alexander,
> > >
> > > I got to 3.8.2 using fink update-all after configuring to not restrict to 
> > > stable (my local octave installation was at 3.8.1 before that). fink list 
> > > -it octave yields:
> > >
> > > i fink-octave-scripts       0.3.3-1 Convenience scripts for Octave add-ons
> > > p liboctave382      [virtual package]
> > > p liboctave382-accelerate   [virtual package]
> > > p liboctave382-accelerate-dev       [virtual package]
> > > p liboctave382-aqua [virtual package]
> > > p liboctave382-aqua-dev     [virtual package]
> > > p liboctave382-dev  [virtual package]
> > > p liboctave382-gcc49        [virtual package]
> > > p liboctave382-gcc49-dev    [virtual package]
> > > i octave    3.8.2-4 MATLAB-like language for computations
> > > p octave-interpreter        [virtual package]
> > > p octave-interpreter-accelerate     [virtual package]
> > > p octave-interpreter-aqua   [virtual package]
> > > i octave382 3.8.2-4 MATLAB-like language for computations
> > > i octave382-dev     3.8.2-4 MATLAB-like language for computations
> > > p octave382-interpreter     [virtual package]
> > > p octave382-interpreter-accelerate  [virtual package]
> > > p octave382-interpreter-aqua        [virtual package]
> > >
> > >
> > > At fink, searching for packages with 'octave 382' yields 36 results, many 
> > > of which include qtx11 or qtmac in their name.  Some include 'atlas', 
> > > some 'ref', some simply follow octave382 with 'x11', and some have no 
> > > such qualifier.  For what it's worth, pursuing a working installation 
> > > earlier by another means, I installed X Quartz.  So, I expect a qtx11 
> > > variant is indicated.  Earlier you helped me enable install some packages 
> > > to extend basic octave, which required something involving -dev.  How do 
> > > I know how to get from where I am to where I need to be without 
> > > disturbing the (sorry - rather painful) progress I've made?  Can you 
> > > recommend a particular fink install command argument?  It is really 
> > > pretty hard for a newbie to decipher all of the alternatives.
> > >
> > > I am guessing what I need is 'fink install octave382-qtx11-dev', but I'm 
> > > leery of just guessing.  I've put a good deal of time into getting a 
> > > working 3.8.2 installation in place and don't want to mess it up.
> > >
> > > Thanks so much for your help - I recognize that the community you are 
> > > serving is very diverse in requirements, and really appreciate your 
> > > helpful instructions.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> >
> > You can use either -qtx11 or -qtmac depending on whether you want the X11 
> > GUI or the native GUI.  You aren’t forced to use X11. :-)  And you aren’t 
> > going to lose anything apart from some time, since you’re going to have to 
> > install Qt.  If you haven’t enabled the official binary distribution yet, 
> > I’d recommend doing that to save time.
> >
> > The cleanest way to do the swap is “fink remove —recursive octave382 ; fink 
> > install octave-qtx11 octave382-dev”.  In Fink Commander you can use a 
> > Binary->Remove operation on the octave382 package to accomplish the 
> > removal, and then do your install.
> >
> > I’m not sure what Octave Forge packages you have installed, but you can 
> > install them afterwards.
> > --
> > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> > Fink User Liaison
> >
> >
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