Re: Error downloading fltk-1.3.2-source.tar.gz during Octave installation on Mac OS X Mountain Lion

[AndrewJanke]

Serenthia wrote
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> Thanks for the fast help.  Unfortunately, this still isn't working for me.
> 
> brew update && brew upgrade ran without any errors.
> homebrew/science was already tapped.
> gfortran-4.8.0 was already installed.
> 
> However, when I tried to install octave it said there was no available
> formula.
> 
> I ran brew doctor, which said that suite-sparse was an unlinked keg. 
> After linking it, I'm still told that there's no available formula for
> octave...
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Liz

I talked to Liz off-list on this. The symlink from the main Formulas/ in to
the homebrew-science/ tap had gotten lost somehow, and `brew tap --repair`
fixed it. If anyone sees similar symptoms, you can try `brew tap --repair`;
it's benign if nothing's broken so it's worth a try.

Andrew



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