Re: Octave package for Cygwin

[Bob Bailey]

I tried your directions to install Cygwin and Octave, but I ran into
a problem in step 9.  I was able to successfully install Cygwin,
but not Octave (so far)

I added the User URL
> 
>    ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/cygwin
> 
But, when I click on Next, Cigwin Setup returns with an error message
Can't open /pub/octave/cygwin/setup.bz2 for reading: No such
file or directory.
  I click OK, then it returns with
Can't open /pub/octave/cygwin/setup.ini for reading: No such
file or directory.
I click OK, and the final message is
Unable to get setup.ini from < ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/cygwin>

However I can ftp to that site and see setup.ini there.  But, I do not
see a file called setup.bz2 there.
I am using Windows 98se.  Have plenty of disk space and a fast
internet connection.

Bob Bailey
address@hidden


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John W. Eaton" <address@hidden>
To: "help-octave mailing list" <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 3:39 AM
Subject: Octave package for Cygwin


> On  2-Jun-2003, I wrote:
> 
> | Eventually, I would like to also have Cygwin packages for gnuplot (so
> | you don't have to do the above step by hand), octave-forge, [...]
> 
> Packages for octave, gnuplot, and octave-forge are now available from
> ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/cygwin.
> 
> Here is a more complete description of how to install Octave for
> Windows using the Cygwin package system.  If you try this, please let
> me know if there are any problems with the instructions.
> 
> 
>     =====================================
>     Installing Octave on a Windows System
>     =====================================
> 
>     If you don't have a Cygwin installation on your system, start by
>     installing Cygwin (this set of directions attempts to be very
>     complete; it is not really much harder than clicking the next button
>     several times and choosing a download site):
> 
>       1. Use your favorite browser to view the page http://www.cygwin.com
> 
>       2. Click on the "Install or update now" link.
> 
>       3. A dialog should appear with the option to run the setup program
> from its current location or save it to disk.  Either will work,
> but I usually choose to save the setup program to disk so that it
> is possible to run it later to update the installation without
> having to go back to the web page using a browser.
> 
>       4. Run the setup program.
> 
>       5. Choose "Install from Internet".
> 
>       6. Select a root install directory.  You may choose any directory, but
> it needs to have about 200MB available to install all the
> necessary Cygwin tools plus Octave.
> 
> You may choose to install for just you or all users (if you have
> permission to do so).  I would select "Unix" as the default text
> file type (this option should be the default).
> 
>       7. Select a local package directory (the default should be fine).
> This is a directory that the setup program will use to
> temporarily store package files before installing them.  It
> should have plenty of space (probably 50MB or more).  You may
> delete this directory once the installation is complete.
> 
>       8. Select your Internet Connection.  Probably "Direct Connection" is
> OK unless you are behind a firewall of some kind that limits your
> access to the Internet.
> 
>       9. Choose a download site.  One that is "near" you on the net is
> probably best.  ALSO on this screen, add the User URL
> 
>    ftp://ftp.octave.org/pub/octave/cygwin
> 
> in the text entry box and click the Add button.  At this point,
> you should have two download sites selected (one site from the
> original list which will give you access to all the base Cygwin
> packages and also the ftp.octave.org site which will give you
> access to the Octave packages).
> 
>      10. Select Packages.  You can accept the defaults here, except that
> you will need to select octave, octave-headers, and octave-forge
> if you want them, since they are not installed by default.  These
> packages should show up in the Math category.  If you choose to
> install Octave, the package dependencies should also give you the
> gnuplot package (which is in the Graphics category).
> 
> 
>     When you finish the installation, choose to install an shortcut/icon
>     on the desktop (that should be the default action).  Then you can run
>     Octave by clicking on the Cygwin icon on the desktop (this will start
>     bash in a window) and then typing octave at the prompt in that window.
> 
> 
>     John W. Eaton
>     address@hidden
>     University of Wisconsin-Madison
>     Department of Chemical Engineering
>     Tue Jun 10 14:08:08 2003
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> jwe
> 
> 
> 
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