Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:44 PM, Dudley Brooks wrote:

> On 4/5/12 2:35 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> 
>> On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Dudley Brooks wrote:
>> 
>>> On 4/5/12 1:40 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 5, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Dudley Brooks wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I followed all the instructions on the page
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Specifically:
>>>>> 
>>>>> sudo touch /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>>>>> 
>>>>>   sudo ln -s /Applications/gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot
>>>>> /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>>>>> 
>>>>>   sudo touch /usr/local/bin/octave
>>>>> 
>>>>>   sudo ln -s /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>>>>> /usr/local/bin/octave
>>>>> 
>>>>> But when I typed
>>>>> 
>>>>>   octave
>>>>> 
>>>>> I got "permission denied".
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nevertheless, when I typed
>>>>> 
>>>>>   env
>>>>> 
>>>>> I found that /usr/local/bin *is* in PATH
>>>>> 
>>>>> The next instructions said that I should then e-mail here.
>>>>> Suggestions?  Thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> Please verify you get the following.
>>>> 
>>>>    ls -l /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>>>>    -rwxrwxrwx  1 bpabbott  admin  2968 Apr 21  2011
>>>> /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>>> 
>>> It's there, and so is gnuplot.  They both show up, with the correct 
>>> permissions.  One small question, since my unix is rusty:  octave shows 
>>> -rwxrwxrwx and gnuplot shows -rwxrwxrwx@ -- what's the difference?
>>> 
>>> And I don't understand: if it's -rwxrwxrwx, how can there be "permission 
>>> denied"?
>> 
>> Ok. Now try to run Octave without the link. Just type the part below at the 
>> shell prompt.
>> 
>>      /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
> 
> OK, that works.

Ok. Now fix the links. First, delete the old ones.

        sudo rm /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
        sudo rm /usr/local/bin/octave

... and then recreate them.

        sudo touch /usr/local/bin/gnuplot

        sudo ln -s /Applications/gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot 
/usr/local/bin/gnuplot

        sudo touch /usr/local/bin/octave

        sudo ln -s /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave 
/usr/local/bin/octave

Ben