Re: Binary packages for 3.8

[Ben Abbott]

On Oct 10, 2013, at 9:46 AM, c. wrote:

> On 10 Oct 2013, at 15:39, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 10, 2013, at 9:31 AM, c. wrote:
>> 
>>> On 10 Oct 2013, at 14:17, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> If you still have problems, try reporting the problem to Anirhuda.  He was 
>>>> helpful for me and fixed many problems.  Also please copy me in case it 
>>>> would be helpful for me.
>>>> 
>>>> Ben
>>> 
>>> Yes,
>>> 
>>> I will report back my experiences when I try.
>>> 
>>> BTW, as an experiment I tried building an onstaller for Octave 3.6.4 from 
>>> MacPorts.
>>> I am 99.99% sure that it should not work with OSX < 10.8 and it might mess 
>>> up with 
>>> a previously installed MacPorts tree, but in case you want to give it a try 
>>> you 
>>> can get it from here:
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary/octave-devel-3.6.4-8.dmg/download
>>> 
>>> c.
>> 
>> Does it install in /opt/local or install an app-bundle?
> This version installs in /opt/local but the dmg includes an app bundle to 
> start Octave in a terminal.
> My plan is to have all libs installed in the app bundle in the end but this 
> was just a preliminary test.
> 
>> Ben
> c.


Ok.  I was able to do what you're working on.  The ease/robustness of the 
approach was sensitive to the installed port variants.  If you run into any 
esoteric weirdness, let me know.

Ben