installing octave 3.0.0 on a Mac Intel machine

[Ben Abbott]

Francis,

I use Fink, and have modified their octave.info file to build 3.0.0  
(the official Fink release is still 2.9.15).

You might try the same with MacPorts octave.portfile.

You can look over the file at the link below.

http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports/math/octave/Portfile

You'll need to find in on your system and create one for 3.0.0. You'll  
need to understand how MacPorts upgrades packages to be sure you don't  
end up with a pair, or end up with other problems.

I'm not familiar with how MacPorts does its job. However, the changes  
required for the portfile look rather simple.

(1) Change 2.9.15 to 3.0.0
(2) Change the md5 checksum to match the 3.0.0 archive
(3) If you upgrade to Leopard, be sure to change the references to  
10.4 to 10.5

If you're uncomfortable with such a task, stick to Thomas' advice. In  
any event, I won't be much help if you run into trouble.

Ben


On Jan 3, 2008, at 6:10 AM, Francis Poulin wrote:

>
> Thanks for the advice.  I used MacPorts to install octave and it  
> gave me
> 2.9.15 and it seems to work.  Hopefully, they will update the  
> version to
> 3.0.0 so I'll get to enjoy the new features.
>
> Cheers,
> Francis
>
>
>
>>
>> You know that you have several choices of installing various Octave
>> version on a
>> Mac from Fink, HMUG, MacPorts, OctaveForge?
>>
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