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Re: How to install Octave on Mac Mountain Lion (OSX 10.8.3)
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: How to install Octave on Mac Mountain Lion (OSX 10.8.3) |
Date: |
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:55:11 -0400 |
On Apr 18, 2013, at 4:34 PM, AED wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am new to Octave. I could not get it to install on my mac. I followed the
> direction for using the macports version. It looks like the problem has to
> do with X11?
>
> I found a Apple support page that says X11 has been removed.
> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5293 <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5293>
>
> */"X11 is not included with Mountain Lion, but X11 server and client
> libraries for OS X Mountain Lion are available from the XQuartz project:
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org. You should use XQuartz version 2.7.2 or
> later."/*
>
> I tried googling but did not find a solution
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>
> Andy
The macports install page includes an enumerated list for X11 options
http://www.macports.org/install.php
Looking at the portfile ...
https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/math/octave-devel/Portfile
It does not appear that X11 is required. What command did you use in your
attempt to install octave? I recommend ....
sudo port install octave-devel @3.6.4 +fltk+docs+atlas
If you get an error, please tell us exactly what command produced the error,
and copy-n-paste the error into your reply. You may get a more reliable
response from the macports maillist.
https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users/
Ben