I asked the question because EtreCheck Pro reports /Applications/MacPorts/Octave.app to be 32-bit. On the other hand, macOS System Information > Software does not list octave at all, either as 32-bit or as 64-bit!
Command port -v installed octave does show archs='x86_64' but it was unclear to me whether that applies to the octave.app front end to the octave engine. > On 11 Oct2019, at 8:00 AM, macports-users-requ...@lists.macports.org wrote: > > Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 22:25:03 +0100 > From: Christopher Jones <jon...@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk > <mailto:jon...@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>> > To: MacPorts Users <macports-us...@lists.macosforge.org > <mailto:macports-us...@lists.macosforge.org>> > Subject: Re: Octave.app 64-bit? > > Unless you are installing something universal, or i386, it will be 64 bit > (i.e. x86_64 arch). > > ( Also, by construction, if the port finds and runs on macOS 10.15 it will > have to be 64 bit… ) > >> On 10 Oct 2019, at 10:12 pm, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenb...@gmail.com >> <mailto:murrayeisenb...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Is the current version of octave.app, installed with octave+app, 64-bit and >> hence compatible with Catalina? >> >> if not, what are the prospects? >> >> In general, is there any way to tell which macports ports are, or are not, >> 64-bit? >> >> --- >> Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenb...@gmail.com >> <mailto:murrayeisenb...@gmail.com> > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:46:52 -0400 > From: "Bill Cole" <macportsusers-20171...@billmail.scconsult.com > <mailto:macportsusers-20171...@billmail.scconsult.com>> > To: macports-users@lists.macports.org > <mailto:macports-users@lists.macports.org> > Subject: Re: Octave.app 64-bit? > > On 10 Oct 2019, at 17:25, Christopher Jones wrote: > >> Unless you are installing something universal, or i386, it will be 64 >> bit (i.e. x86_64 arch). > > Also, you can check the architecture of whatever is actually installed > with: > > port -v installed <portname> --- Murray Eisenberg murrayeisenb...@gmail.com 503 King Farm Blvd #101 Home (240)-246-7240 Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334
