I used fink to install packages for octave. Make sure you have the development version of octave installed.
Sunil > On Nov 30, 2014, at 6:07 PM, James Russell <james.k.russ...@mac.com> wrote: > > Alexander, Ben, > > Not sure whether this is a fink or an octave problem. > > I've used fink to install Octave (successfully as far as the basics go) on my > Mac. This took so long (> 1.5 days of building), that in the meanwhile I > build a Ubuntu machine out of an old MacBook and installed Octave there too > (much easier). > > My principal motivation for installing Octave for the present is to explore > wavelet transforms after I get cut off from Matlab in a couple of weeks. So, > following instructions on Octave Wiki, I used: > > pkg install -forge signal > > on both. In each case, I got a complaint that 'signal' needed 'general' and > 'control'. So, I tried > > pkg install -forge general > > I got: > > pkg: unable to find the mkoctfile command, Octave installation is incomplete. > > at which point progress towards my goal stopped. > > fink problem? Hard to know, there were literally thousands and thousands of > lines of messages on the console as fink built Octave, 99.99999% of them > scrolled off into the bit bucket. A comment on this, if I may. My recent > coding experience (last several years) has been in Matlab. I've found that > if I print a lot of information to the command console, a program can take > many, many times longer than if I don't. What I do is include a command line > argument 'verbose' and default it off, and send only the most essential stuff > to the console. A typical user, I expect, will not benefit from the > thousands and thousands and thousands of lines of feedback at the console, > but would benefit from substantially speedier execution. Seriously, I > thought it was possible it was in an endless loop, and considered killing it. > 1.5 days is not hyperbole - it really took that long. > > octave problem? I don't know. It's octave that is making the complaint. > > > In any case, wherever the problem comes from, any idea how to remedy it? I > looked in Fink Commander, but it found nothing on searching for mkoctfile. > > Is there a light at the end of this tunnel? > > > Thanks for your generous help. > > Jim > > >> On Nov 29, 2014, at 10:50 AM, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >>> >>> >>>>> 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 >> >>> On Nov 29, 2014, at 10:42 AM, James Russell <james.k.russ...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> Up until about the time 10.7 came out, Apple provided the Java for OS X. To >> build against it required the “Java SDK” from Xcode. They then gave that up >> and let Oracle handle Java, but still provide legacy support—albeit not in >> an obvious place. >> >> I’m in the middle of reworking the fink code to make it more obvious what >> Java to download from where. >> -- >> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. >> Fink User Liaison > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-octave mailing list > help-oct...@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-octave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! 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