Re: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X Yosemite

[Ben Abbott]

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On Apr 27, 2016, at 8:52 PM, Sunil Shah <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> > On Apr 27, 2016, at 7:58 PM, Sunil Shah <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >> On Apr 15, 2016, at 11:07 AM, Sunil Shah <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Ben,
>> >>
>> >> Can you post how to build 4.0.1 on the latest Yosemite release using 
>> >> Fink?  I have been using Fink octave packages with altas.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >
>> > I’ll assume you are using the released sources (you could also build from 
>> > the developer’s sources).
>> >
>> > (1) Goto the sources at https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html. 
>> > You may be prompted to login. Just select “guest” and skit the 
>> > username/password.
>> > (2) When a Finder window opens with the tar-balls, locate 
>> > octave-4.0.1.tar.gz and copy it to the location where you’d like to build 
>> > octave.
>> > (3) Double click on the archive. It will unpack in to a folder called 
>> > octave-4.0.1.
>> > (4) Place the files attached to this email in the folder.
>> > (5) To ensure you have all the needed dependencies, open a Terminal window 
>> > and enter "fink install octave382-atlas-qtmac-dev”
>> > (6) You’ll need to remove Fink’s Octave before trying to run the one 
>> > you’ll compile (“fink remove octave382-atlas-qtmac-dev”)
>> > (7) My scripts assume you have gcc5 installed, “fink install gcc5”
>> > (8) From the Terminal window cd into octave-4.0.1 and type “chmod 755 
>> > ./fink_*.sh”. This marks the two scripts as executable.
>> > (9) From the Terminal window type “./fink_configure_octave_noX11_v1.sh” to 
>> > configure the octave build. This might take a few minutes. If any errors 
>> > are encountered, please tell us what the error.
>> > (10) Build Octave by typing “./fink_make_octave.sh”. If any errors occur, 
>> > please tell us what the error was. My script configured octave's build was 
>> > configured to install into /sw/local. This is done to ensure that it 
>> > doesn’t conflict with anything else.
>> > (11) To install octave type “make install” in a Terminal window and from 
>> > the octave-4.0.1 folder.
>> > (12) If you decide to uninstall, type “make uninstall” for the 
>> > octave-4.0.1 folder where you build octave.
>> > (13) To run octave, type “/sw/local/bin/octave &” from a Terminal window.
>> >
>> > Once all the above is completed, we can help you setup an icon to click on 
>> > to launch Octave.
>> >
>> > Ben
>> >
>> > Hi Ben,
>> >
>> > In following your instructions on octave 4.0.1 on fink, it worked fine 
>> > till step 7).
>> >
>> > When I issued fink install gcc5, it failed.  I saw that on fink mailing 
>> > list, others had a similar problem (though for gcc 5.2.0.2).  The latest 
>> > gcc5 in fink is gcc 5.3.0.1.  So I am trying the remedy in the mailing 
>> > list, to remove fink's make and retrying gcc5 install.
>> >
>> > https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/message/34537356/
>> >
>> > I suppose if that works, should I reinstall fink make before proceeding 
>> > with your steps 8)-12) ?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Sunil
>> 
>> Opps, I actually don’t have gcc5 installed :-(
>> 
>> I do have gcc5-compiler & gcc5-shlibs installed.
>> 
>> $ fink list gcc5
>> Scanning package description files..........
>> Information about 9327 packages read in 68 seconds.
>>      gcc5                                            5.3.0-1                 
>>             GNU Compiler Collection Version 5
>>  i   gcc5-compiler                                   5.3.0-1                 
>>             Compiler Binaries for gcc5
>>  i   gcc5-shlibs                                     5.3.0-1                 
>>             Shared libraries for gcc5
>>      liboctave364-gcc5                                                       
>>             [virtual package]
>>      liboctave364-gcc5-dev                                                   
>>             [virtual package]
>>      liboctave382-gcc5                                                       
>>             [virtual package]
>>      liboctave382-gcc5-dev                                                   
>>             [virtual package]
>> 
>> So (7) should be …
>> 
>> (7) My scripts assume you have gfortran from gcc5 installed, “fink install 
>> gcc5-compiler gcc5-shlibs”
>> 
>> You should be able to pick up from (7) and continue (you don’t need repeat 
>> the earlier steps).
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> Thanks, Alex and Ben. 
> 
> Here is the state of my installed packages.  
> 
> fink list -i -t gcc5 
> 
> Scanning package description files..........
> Information about 9087 packages read in 2 seconds.
> (i)   gcc5-compiler   5.3.0-1 Compiler Binaries for gcc5
> (i)   gcc5-shlibs     5.3.0-1 Shared libraries for gcc5
>  p    liboctave382-gcc5               [virtual package]
> 
> fink list -i -t make
> 
> Scanning package description files..........
> Information about 9087 packages read in 1 seconds.
>  i    automake1.14-core       1.14.1-2        GNU Standards-compliant 
> Makefile generator
>  i    automake1.15    1.15-1  GNU Standards-compliant Makefile generator
>  i    automake1.15-core       1.15-1  GNU Standards-compliant Makefile 
> generator
>  p    automaken               [virtual package]
> (i)   cmake   3.5.1-1 Cross-platform Make
>  i    extutils-makemaker-pm5182       7.06-1  Perl module to create a module 
> Makefile
>  p    extutils-makemaker-pm5182-bin           [virtual package]
>  p    locale-maketext-lexicon-pm5182          [virtual package]
>  p    locale-maketext-pm5182          [virtual package]
>  p    locale-maketext-simple-pm5182           [virtual package]
> 
> Questions: 
> 
> 1) Since I do not have fink make, should I install it before the next steps?
> 
> 2) Should I install / update gcc5-compiler and gcc5-shlibs ?  
> 
> Sunil


I see that you already have the required gcc5 packages installed. If you have 
also run "fink install octave382-atlas-qtmac-dev” then you have all the 
dependencies covered.

Ben