Re: How to install Octave on Mac Mountain Lion (OSX 10.8.3)

[Marius Schamschula]

On Apr 18, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:

> 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
> 

MacPorts will build its own version of X11, if needed (essentially the same as 
XQuartz).

Even though X11 may not be needed for octave itself, some prerequisite 
libraries are linked against it, e.g. gnuplot (which can also be built w/o 
X11). 

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Marius Schamschula