Re: Problem installing symbolic tool

[Sergei Steshenko]

>________________________________
> From: Alexander Hansen <address@hidden>
>To: "address@hidden" <address@hidden> 
>Cc: address@hidden 
>Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 9:10 PM
>Subject: Re: Problem installing symbolic tool
> 

>
>symbolic doesn't work with Octave > 3.2.4, which is why I don't have a
>Fink package for it.
>
>But let's see if you have a problem with your mkoctfile.  What do you
>get from running "grep i386 /sw/bin/mkoctfile" ?
>-- 
>Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
>Fink User Liaison
>My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
>
>


I don't know whether the package works, but on my self-built octave-3.6.2 under 
Linux it, at least, can be built and installed:

"
---
Package name:
        symbolic
Version:
        1.1.0
Short description:
        Symbolic toolbox based on GiNaC and CLN.
Status:
        Loaded
octave:2>             

".

...

At least some things in the package do work, e.g.:

"
octave:4> digits(100)
ans =  100
octave:5> Pi
ans =

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148
octave:6>  

...
octave:14> x = sym('x');
octave:15> y = sym('y');
octave:16> [foom bar] = numden((x^2 + x + 1)/(y^3 + y + 2))
foom =

1.0+x+x^(2.0)
bar =

2.0+y^(3.0)+y
octave:17>

".


Regards,
  Sergei.