Re: Which version of Octave?

[Per Persson]

On Mar 20, 2004, at 23:35, Joe Koski wrote:

> OK, my new dual processor G5 Mac with OS X 10.3.3 is up and running, 
> and I
> want to install a newer version of Octave. If Per, Paul, Guarav, and 
> other
> Mac users could provide some advice, I'd greatly appreciate it.
>
> One of the scripts that I need to convert uses 3D matrices, so I 
> probably
> need something relatively new. How about 2.1.55 vs. 2.1.57? Which
> multi-dimension version of octave has had the most polishing and bug 
> fixes?
> I also need a compatible version of octave-forge. Recommendations? (as 
> of
> today, anyway)
>
> I would prefer to avoid installing Fink, although that may become my 
> easiest
> route. What's available in the Mac compatible world? Are there now make
> files that work unchanged with newer Macs available? How current are 
> the
> DarwinPorts versions? How current is the HPC binary version, and does 
> it
> support dynamic linking and octave-forge? I would prefer to install 
> into
> /usr/local if possible.

DarwinPorts just got updated to 2.1.55.
It doesn't use fftw since fftw3 wasn't available until after after the 
2.1.55 patch was submitted.
I have a Portfile for 2.1.57 ready that I'm about to submit, but it may 
be some time before it gets commited.
Let me know if you want it already.

WRT octave-forge, there were some problems with 2.1.57 that have been 
fixed in CVS IIRC, check the lists.

/Per



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