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[Steve MC Han]

Hi Jack,

 

You go this site

 

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2888&package_id=40078

 

and click

 

octave-3.0.3-setup.exe  

 

 

I had the same experience before.

 

Steve

Message: 1
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:43:58 -0500
From: Jack Crenshaw <address@hidden>
Subject: Now what?
To: Octave-help <address@hidden>
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This has got to be absolutely the DUMBEST newbie question since Ada
Lovelace asked Charles Babbage "Whaaaaaat?"

I just downloaded, from sourceforge, what I thought was a Windows
executable of Octave 3.0.3.  I ran the installer, got a flurry of
activity, and now have a ton of new files and folders on my HD.  What I
don't have is a GUI, MATLAB-like Windows program.

I opted for msys rather than Cygwin.  Is that the problem?  Or did I get
source instead of executable?

Boy, this feels really dumb.

Jack