Re: Which version of Octave?

[Henry F. Mollet]

Hi Joe,
So let me bring this back to octave on Mac. Installation of Octave on Mac is
apparently much more difficult than it should be unless you're a Unix guru.
If I upgrade to Panther, I'd rather not read a bash manual. Should Mac not
mean easy installation of Octave? Something corresponding to a binary .exe
as is available for Windows? Why do we need Fink or DarwinPorts to be able
to install Octave? As much as I try, I just don't understand nor need this
complication regarding the installation or upgrading of octave on a Mac.
Henry


on 3/23/04 1:12 PM, Joe Koski at address@hidden wrote:

> on 3/23/04 11:30 AM, Henry F. Mollet at address@hidden wrote:
> 
>> Joe,
>> Why could you not change to tcsh (advanced csh) as your default shell? Is
>> the bash shell, similar to the Bourne shell, not a step backward?
>> Henry
>> 
> This is probably not the proper forum for the UNIX shell debate. The bash
> shell is now the "standard" for OS X Panther. I could apparently switch back
> to tcsh without installing anything.
> 
> Years ago, when I was using the Korn shell (K-shell) on HP machines and I'd
> ask how to do something, the local UNIX gurus would always reply with
> something like "I don't know, I use C-shell." My thought is that staying
> with the "standard" shell will avoid this type of answer for questions
> directed toward the Apple/Panther community.
> 
> The more pertinent issues may be: Which shell is prevalent on the Linux
> machines that seem to be the native habitat for Octave? Is there a shell
> that has some particular advantages for the Octave user?
> 
> Joe
> 
>> on 3/22/04 7:42 PM, Joe Koski at address@hidden wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks to all for their suggestions on how to install the latest Octave and
>>> octave-forge under Panther on a Mac. As soon as I feel a bit more
>>> comfortable with the (new to me) bash shell, I think I'll try to build
>>> Octave 2.1.57, perhaps from cvs. So far, I have the developer tools (gcc),
>>> X11, and g77 successfully installed and tested. A bash manual is in the mail
>>> from Amazon. Stay tuned...
>>> 
>>> Joe Koski
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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