beginner

[Thomas Treichl]

> Thomas et al.,
> 
> Thanks for a quick reply.
> 
> I am totally lost in this process, but I have installed MacPorts.  It 
> looks as though I inadvertently have DarwinPorts also.  I have 
> octave-3.2.0 on my Mac, and I have poked around a bit but did not find 
> any executable files.
> 
> As an overview, I am trying to provide my students a Reed College was an 
> alternative to MATLAB which I own.  I intend to teach two physics 
> courses next year that will involve using .m code.
> 
> Sorry to be so lost,
> 
> johnny

No need to be sorry ;) We're all lost in something ;)

I have a suggestion that you can try to get started more quickly: Get Octave.app from http://octave.sourceforge.net. Then carefully read the Reamde.html file of the octave-3.2.0-xxx.dmg image before installation.

Don't be afraid that you install that Octave.app beside your DarwinPorts MacPorts Octave, they don't modify each other. And if you ever have the time to fix your DarwinPorts MacPorts Octave then you can easily delete Octave.app again.

Let us know if you liked this idea?

Best regards

  Thomas
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