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Re: new Octave user on PPC Mac - upgrade (2.9.x.x --> 3.0.0) question
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Thomas Treichl |
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Re: new Octave user on PPC Mac - upgrade (2.9.x.x --> 3.0.0) question |
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Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:46:00 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) |
Bill Christens-Barry schrieb:
Hi,
New here with questions. Some time ago I installed a 2.9.x.x version
using MacPorts. I see that there is a new Octave 3.0.0 binary for PPC
Macs that is just a drag and drop, but I'd like to upgrade the earlier
version that is not a clickable app. How should I go about installing
this in place of the earlier version that is under /opt/local ? I'd do a
MacPorts upgrade to 3.0.0, but haven't found that they have it available
yet.
Thanks.
Bill C-B
Hi Bill,
meanwhile (until the MacPorts version is available) you can use Octave.app.
Move it into your Applications folder (and also move Gnuplot.app into your
Applications folder - Gnuplot.app can be found in the Extras directory of the
octave-3.0.0-*.dmg) and from here Octave.app/Gnuplot.app and the MacPorts
versions can coexist without damaging each other *if* you start Octave.app by
double-clicking its icon *but* you can only start your old MacPorts binary
directly from the command line resp. Terminal.app:
If you want to use the Octave.app binary from the command line too then you
should rename the following files (don't remove them - maybe you somewhen still
want to use them again), somehow like
sudo mv /opt/local/bin/octave-config /opt/local/bin/octave-config.old
sudo mv /opt/local/bin/octave-bug /opt/local/bin/octave-bug.old
sudo mv /opt/local/bin/octave /opt/local/bin/octave.old
sudo mv /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile /opt/local/bin/mkoctfile.old
and create links to 'octave' and 'mkoctfile' instead like it is explained in the
README.html file in section 'General FAQ' of the octave-3.0.0-*.dmg image.
Thomas