Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Dudley Brooks wrote:

> On 4/5/12 1:40 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 5, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Dudley Brooks wrote:
>> 
>>> I followed all the instructions on the page
>>> 
>>> http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Specifically:
>>> 
>>> sudo touch /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>>> 
>>>     sudo ln -s /Applications/gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot
>>> /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>>> 
>>>     sudo touch /usr/local/bin/octave
>>> 
>>>     sudo ln -s /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>>> /usr/local/bin/octave
>>> 
>>> But when I typed
>>> 
>>>     octave
>>> 
>>> I got "permission denied".
>>> 
>>> Nevertheless, when I typed
>>> 
>>>     env
>>> 
>>> I found that /usr/local/bin *is* in PATH
>>> 
>>> The next instructions said that I should then e-mail here.
>>> Suggestions?  Thanks.
>> 
>> Please verify you get the following.
>> 
>>      ls -l /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>>      -rwxrwxrwx  1 bpabbott  admin  2968 Apr 21  2011
>> /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
> 
> It's there, and so is gnuplot.  They both show up, with the correct 
> permissions.  One small question, since my unix is rusty:  octave shows 
> -rwxrwxrwx and gnuplot shows -rwxrwxrwx@ -- what's the difference?
> 
> And I don't understand: if it's -rwxrwxrwx, how can there be "permission 
> denied"?

Ok. Now try to run Octave without the link. Just type the part below at the 
shell prompt.

        /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave

Ben