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Re: Problem GNU Octave and Cygwin running simultaneously
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pkienzle |
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Re: Problem GNU Octave and Cygwin running simultaneously |
Date: |
Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:05:20 -0000 |
On 18 Nov 2003 at 18:04, Ashman,Tim [PYR] wrote:
>
> I recently forwarded the question below to Cygwin. They replied
> saying it was likely a problem with the Octave installation and the
> cygwin1.dll file should not have been installed. If you could help,
> that would be appreciated. Thank you.
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> I am experiencing trouble having both Cgywin and Gnu Octave 2.1.36
> installed on my Windows 2000 machine.
Why not Octave 2.1.50?
> Gnu Octave 2.1.36 is a package downloaded from sourceforge.net that
> incorporates Octave, Gnuplot, and Cygwin, to the best of my
> knowledge. I originally had it installed alone. Yesterday, I
> installed Cygwin in order to run some bash scripts and crontab tasks.
> Following this, Octave would not operate, so I re-installed Octave.
> Now, when working in Cygwin, I am having troubles. First of all the
> root has changed to the Gnuplot root. The two also seem to be
> interfering with each other. This error output has appeared: You have
> multiple copies of cygwin1.dll on your system.
> Has anyone had a similar problem? Can I continue working with both
> programs installed? How can I assure they won't interfere, and can I
> have a separate root for each program?
They shouldn't interfere because the octave.sf.net version of
cygwin uses different registry keys. It co-exists with cygwin
happily on my machine and many others.
Paul Kienzle
address@hidden
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