Re: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X Yosemite

[Ben Abbott]

> On Apr 27, 2016, at 7:58 PM, Sunil Shah <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Apr 15, 2016, at 11:07 AM, Sunil Shah <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Ben,
>> 
>> Can you post how to build 4.0.1 on the latest Yosemite release using Fink?  
>> I have been using Fink octave packages with altas.  
>> 
>> Thanks,
> 
> I’ll assume you are using the released sources (you could also build from the 
> developer’s sources).
> 
> (1) Goto the sources at https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html. 
> You may be prompted to login. Just select “guest” and skit the 
> username/password.
> (2) When a Finder window opens with the tar-balls, locate octave-4.0.1.tar.gz 
> and copy it to the location where you’d like to build octave.
> (3) Double click on the archive. It will unpack in to a folder called 
> octave-4.0.1.
> (4) Place the files attached to this email in the folder.
> (5) To ensure you have all the needed dependencies, open a Terminal window 
> and enter "fink install octave382-atlas-qtmac-dev”
> (6) You’ll need to remove Fink’s Octave before trying to run the one you’ll 
> compile (“fink remove octave382-atlas-qtmac-dev”)
> (7) My scripts assume you have gcc5 installed, “fink install gcc5”
> (8) From the Terminal window cd into octave-4.0.1 and type “chmod 755 
> ./fink_*.sh”. This marks the two scripts as executable.
> (9) From the Terminal window type “./fink_configure_octave_noX11_v1.sh” to 
> configure the octave build. This might take a few minutes. If any errors are 
> encountered, please tell us what the error.
> (10) Build Octave by typing “./fink_make_octave.sh”. If any errors occur, 
> please tell us what the error was. My script configured octave's build was 
> configured to install into /sw/local. This is done to ensure that it doesn’t 
> conflict with anything else.
> (11) To install octave type “make install” in a Terminal window and from the 
> octave-4.0.1 folder.
> (12) If you decide to uninstall, type “make uninstall” for the octave-4.0.1 
> folder where you build octave.
> (13) To run octave, type “/sw/local/bin/octave &” from a Terminal window.
> 
> Once all the above is completed, we can help you setup an icon to click on to 
> launch Octave.
> 
> Ben
> 
> Hi Ben,
> 
> In following your instructions on octave 4.0.1 on fink, it worked fine till 
> step 7).   
> 
> When I issued fink install gcc5, it failed.  I saw that on fink mailing list, 
> others had a similar problem (though for gcc 5.2.0.2).  The latest gcc5 in 
> fink is gcc 5.3.0.1.  So I am trying the remedy in the mailing list, to 
> remove fink's make and retrying gcc5 install.  
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/message/34537356/
> 
> I suppose if that works, should I reinstall fink make before proceeding with 
> your steps 8)-12) ?   
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sunil

Opps, I actually don’t have gcc5 installed :-(

I do have gcc5-compiler & gcc5-shlibs installed.

$ fink list gcc5
Scanning package description files..........
Information about 9327 packages read in 68 seconds.
     gcc5                                            5.3.0-1                    
         GNU Compiler Collection Version 5
 i   gcc5-compiler                                   5.3.0-1                    
         Compiler Binaries for gcc5
 i   gcc5-shlibs                                     5.3.0-1                    
         Shared libraries for gcc5
     liboctave364-gcc5                                                          
         [virtual package]
     liboctave364-gcc5-dev                                                      
         [virtual package]
     liboctave382-gcc5                                                          
         [virtual package]
     liboctave382-gcc5-dev                                                      
         [virtual package]

So (7) should be …

(7) My scripts assume you have gfortran from gcc5 installed, “fink install 
gcc5-compiler gcc5-shlibs”

You should be able to pick up from (7) and continue (you don’t need repeat the 
earlier steps).

Ben