Got Octave working...

[Ben Abbott]

When octave is built the pdf manual can be found in ...

	[...]/octave/doc/interpreter/octave.pdf

or for the A4 variant

	[...]/octave/doc/interpreter/octave-a4.pdf

If you built octave yourself, that will be all you need. If you used a  
package manager like Debian, I do not know where Debian might place it  
during the install.

One other thing, there should be a 3.0.3 version available (3.0.4 will  
be released soon).  You may want to update to the newer version.

Ben

On Jan 22, 2009, at 12:10 AM, Gregory Mohammed wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I uninstalled what I had and setup my system such that I was able to  
> locate v3.0.0 of Octave. I then installed that version with  
> everything else I could find for it and it worked.
>
> I then installed the packages I had downloaded using pkg in octave =  
> worked.
>
> I have a pdf octave manual in there somewhere; can someone tell me  
> how to find it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg.
>
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Gregory Mohammed <gregf50ster at gmail.com 
> > wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is what I get:
>
> gregory at gregory-laptop:~$ octave --norc
> GNU Octave, version 2.1.72 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu).
> Copyright (C) 2005 John W. Eaton.
> This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions.
> There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTIBILITY or
> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  For details, type `warranty'.
>
> Additional information about Octave is available at http://www.octave.org 
> .
>
> Please contribute if you find this software useful.
> For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/help-wanted.html
>
> Report bugs to <bug at octave.org> (but first, please read
> http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to write a helpful  
> report).
>
>
> octave:1> ver
> error: `ver' undefined near line 1 column 1
> octave:1>
> octave:1>
> octave:1>
> octave:1>
> octave:1>
> octave:1>
> octave:1>
> octave:1>
> octave:1>
> octave:1> OCTAVE_VERSION
> OCTAVE_VERSION = 2.1.72
> octave:2>
>
> From what you said, it apears that the path is not set. how do you  
> do that?
>
> Greg.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Ben Abbott <bpabbott at mac.com> wrote:
> It appears that your path has been unset.
>
> Try quitting and run octave again as ...
>
>        octave --norc
>
> This will avoid read any of the system or user initialization files  
> at startup.
>
> After that check to see what "ver" gives. You can also type  
> "OCTAVE_VERSION" ... that should always work.
>
> If octave functions properly when you start is as "octave --norc" it  
> is likely there is something wrong with your ~/.octaverc file.
>
> Ben
>
>
>
> On Jan 21, 2009, at 6:01 PM, Gregory Mohammed wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I get this:
>
> octave:1> ver
> error: `ver' undefined near line 1 column 1
> octave:1>
>
> Will check my install, but any ideas you have, please send my way!
>
> Thanks,
> Greg.
>
>
> Its always a good idea to tell us what version of octave you're  
> running.
>
> What do you get when you type "ver" at Octave's command prompt?
> Ben
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Ben Abbott <bpabbott at mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 20, 2009, at 10:10 PM, gregf50ster at gmail.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have installed octave on my Kubuntu 64 linux box.
>
> I have downloaded a number of packages I would like to install into  
> octave. However, when I do <pkg install "package_name.tar.gz"> at  
> the octave prompt, I get a message:
>
> octave:1> pkg install ad-1.0.4.tar.gz
> parse error:
>
> syntax error
>
> >>> pkg install ad-1.0.4.tar.gz
> ^
>
> octave:1>
>
> Can you help me rectify this?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> -- 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Gregory Mohammed, BSc. Physics
> MSc Candidate in Physics
> University of Northern British Columbia
> 3333 University Way
> Prince George, BC
> V2N 4Z9
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Gregory Mohammed, BSc. Physics
> MSc Candidate in Physics
> University of Northern British Columbia
> 3333 University Way
> Prince George, BC
> V2N 4Z9
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> -- 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Gregory Mohammed, BSc. Physics
> MSc Candidate in Physics
> University of Northern British Columbia
> 3333 University Way
> Prince George, BC
> V2N 4Z9
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