Re: Octave on Mac and Java

[David]

Thanks Ben,

I believe I also have that Java version installed… I certainly have the 1.6.0 folders referenced in the threads under the second link.

So if I have the Java version installed, how might I link it into Octave? I can’t seem to find anything in those threads that might suggest how I can configure / rebuild Octave to use the jvm – any ideas?

Regards,

David.

From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
Date: Monday, 11 July 2016 at 20:30
To: David <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>, Sebastian <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: Octave on Mac and Java

On Jul 10, 2016, at 19:00, David <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi,

I’m trying unsuccessfully to get Java working with Octave on a Mac.

OS El Capitan 10.11.4

Octave 4.0.2 with GUI from wiki page.

I have Java 1.7.0_79 installed… which is slightly weird as I installed v8 update 91, so unclear how the numbering works.

I’ve been trawling through the wiki and various documents, but other than confirming Octave doesn’t have Java configured, I can’t find any sensible / decipherable pointers on what to do to get it working.

Any help most appreciated!

The only version of Java that we've managed to get working with Octave on the Mac is an old one from Apple

https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1572?locale=en_US

I needed a patch for it to work, and the patch was an experiment, that (afaik) never was applied to Octave's sources.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2016-05/msg00151.html

I don't expect the Octave app from the wiki will be able to use Java.

Ben