Thanks Ben and others. The link didn't work (don't know why - gave blank page repeatedly), but I did the same search starting from Apple and found the package. Note to 'fink beginners' - nowhere is "JDK" referenced at the Apple site. Remember, you're addressing "beginners". I've administered systems for > 30 years, but I'm new to fink.
Jim > On Nov 29, 2014, at 6:07 AM, Ben Abbott <bpabb...@mac.com> wrote: > >> On Nov 29, 2014, at 12:53 AM, James Russell <james.k.russ...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> On Nov 28, 2014, at 6:12 AM, Ben Abbott <bpabb...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Nov 28, 2014, at 9:01 AM, c. <carlo.defa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 28 Nov 2014, at 13:01, ESMERALDA PODA <podaesmera...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Here are the info: >>>>> OSX Yosemite 10.10. >>>>> Attached you find details about XCode >>>> >>>> from what you previously posted I infer you are using the >>>> 3.8.0 binary distribution for OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), downloaded >>>> forom OctaveForge, is that correct? >>>> >>>> That version is not meant for use on OSX 10.10 Yosemite, >>>> if it happens to work that is by pure accident, but I doubt you >>>> will ever be able to install packages with it. >>>> >>>> You need to reinstall Octave in order to be able to compile >>>> the io package, currently the best options you have to do so >>>> are via a package manager like Fink [1], Macports [2] or homebrew [3]. >>>> >>>> I will probably prepare a release of Octave 3.8.2 for OSX 10.10 >>>> some time (late) next month, so if you are not confortable using a >>>> package manager you may want to wait for that. >>>> >>>> c. >>>> >>>> [1] http://www.finkproject.org/ >>>> [2] https://www.macports.org/ >>>> [3] http://brew.sh/ >>> >>> For Yosemite, I strongly encourage using Fink. The help-list full of many >>> examples of individuals having trouble with both homebrew and Macports on >>> Yosemite. >>> >>> Ben >> >> Ben, >> >> Okay, I tried fink. I ran into a roadblock where it required Java be >> updated, I updated Java Runtime Environment, which is what it indicated, and >> got no progress. A helpful supporter over at fink said not JRE, JDK, which >> it appears is Java Development Environment. As I spelled out over at that >> forum there is no clear path to a JDK for Mac OS X 10.10.1 - not to say that >> there is no such thing, just that it is not clear where to find it. >> >> I've spent non-trivial parts of days now trying to get Octave running on Mac >> OS X 10.10.1. Can you tell me how to install JDK to get fink running to get >> ..............? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jim > > I used google to search Apple's support site -> "site:support.apple.com java > jdk yosemite". The first link is below. > > http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1572 > > Ben > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
