remez function (MacOSX)

[Ben Abbott]

On Oct 3, 2008, at 8:29 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:

>
> On Friday, October 03, 2008, at 08:11AM, "Marc Normandin" <mnormand at iupui.edu 
> > wrote:
>> Harbinson, Jeremy wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Looking over the Signal package
>>> (_http://octave.sourceforge.net/doc/funref_signal.html_), the remez
>>> function is a 'cc' file rather than an 'm' file. I guess that 'cc'  
>>> files
>>> are c files, so I will need to compile it in some way, but I  
>>> haven't a
>>> clue how.
>>>
>>> Perhaps if I need to ask these questions I should not be thinking of
>>> trying to compile anything, but which compiler do I need and will  
>>> it be
>>> invoked automatically by the package installer, or is it (much) more
>>> difficult than this?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any advice,
>>> all the best,
>>> Jeremy Harbinson
>>>
>>
>> The cc files contain C++ source.  If you install the package, Octave
>> will handle the compiling for you.  Installation should be as easy as
>>
>> pkg install signal-1.0.8.tar.gz
>>
>> at the Octave prompt (assuming you've downloaded the package and your
>> working directory is the place where the package file resides).
>>
>> Regards,
>> Marc
>>
>
> Jeremy, if you get error that indicate you compilers are not  
> present, download and install the latest Xcode for the version of  
> OSX you are running.
>
>    http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/
>
> If you have the Fink package manager installed, and are running OSX  
> 10.5+ I suggest you install Xcode 3.0, rather than  3.1. Fink users  
> have encountered some problems with 3.1 (which may have been  
> resolved, but 3.0 works fine for me).
>
> Ben

I checked the fink mail lists, and now under the impression that Xcode  
3.1.1 works fine. I've updated and have not encountered any problem.

Ben