on 12/8/03 7:17 AM, John W. Eaton at address@hidden wrote:
2.1.35 is old. Why not use hte latest recommended version, 2.1.50?
I've tried to upgrade to recommended version, 2.1.50 on Mac using Fink
on 2
Dec 2003 but they have this version still in the unstable trees
(whatever
that means) (see below). I found it difficult to even install octave
2.1.46
using Fink/FinkCommander because I did not anticipate any question
regarding
Xfree86-base, xfree86, system-x free86 (X11 variations? and having
little to
do with Octave). I installed from source because that's what I had to
do the
first time and did not realize that a binary of Octave 2.1.46 is
available.
I have tar.gz files of octave 2.1.50 and even 2.1.52 on my desktop but
I
really don't know how to proceed.
In summary, as much as I like Octave, I found it difficult to install
Octave
on Mac (it was easy to install a binary version of 2.1.36 on PC with
Windows
95) and even more difficult to upgrade to version 2.1.46 on a Mac ,
and I
seem to lack the skills to upgrade to recommended version 2.1.50.
Regards, Henry
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Comment By: Max Horn (fingolfin)
Date: 2003-12-07 22:15
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The most current version of octave in the *stable* tree is 2.1.46.
In the unstable tree, we have 2.1.50. See also http://
fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/octave. For the difference
between stable/unstable tree, and how to use a package from the
unstable tree etc., pelase refer to the Fink documentation and our
FAQ.
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