On 6/5/12 7:19 AM, Donald Derrick wrote: > Jordi, > > Let me bottom line it for you. > > I followed the source compile procedure on the wiki page. > > I did this because I need version 2.6 or above. > > I need this version, as opposed to version 2.4 from the binary, because > I need the packages and not just the main program to work. > > If you have a specific solution that will get me what I need, please let > me know (though, I hate fink because the last time I used it the program > trashed my computer). > > Otherwise I am officially declaring Octave incompatible with mac, > installing a version of Ubuntu on VM Ware, and loading Octave that way. > > I do not have time in my life for guessing what might or might not work. > > This program has already thrown 16 hours of my life in the trash, and > that's 16 hours I'm never getting back. > > DD >
Ubuntu doesn't have Octave 3.6.x. For OS X: Fink has a working Octave-3.6.2 and optim package. I spend a _lot_ of my time trying to keep our Octave packages up to current release versions. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
