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Re: Windows network installation


From: Andy Adler
Subject: Re: Windows network installation
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 20:24:14 -0400 (EDT)

If I can put my two cents here:

1. cygwin works fine on XP for me.
2. You can compile octave from source if you want
 or
3. You can install the cygwin octave build from octave-forge.
   This gives you gnuplot + octave-forge + ATLAS optimizations.

andy

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Tom Weichmann wrote:

> Mark,
> 
> This version of octave for windows was developed before Windows XP was 
> around.  
> It is based on the Cygwin windows - Unix emulation project [www.cygwin.com].  
> I have seen a few people talking about Windows XP, but I really do not follow 
> Cygwin's progress anymore.  You might want to the Cygwin web site, and find 
> out how well Cygwin works with XP.  It maybe that the version of cygwin 
> included with the octave for windows package is too old, and does not work 
> w/XP.  In that case you could just install a full version of Cygwin, and then 
> compile Octave yourself.  Since you are looking for such a specialized 
> install, that is probably the way to go.
> 
> Tom Weichmann
> 
> On Friday 26 July 2002 03:15 am, Mark Veraar wrote:
> > Tom,
> >
> > From your mail, I understand the following:
> > I must install octave in the directory c:\gnu\octave, because otherwise
> > there will be problems.
> >
> > What I don't understand is that Octave works on my windows 2000 computer
> > and doesn't work on my windows XP computer, when installing ooctave NOT in
> > the c:\gnu\octave directory.
> >
> > And even if I install octave in the c:\gnu\octave directory, I still have
> > the same problems as in every other directory on my Windows XP computer.
> >
> > Has there ever been someone who installed octave-windows-2000oct25d.exe
> > without any problems on windows XP?
> >
> > I hope you can help,
> > Mark
> >
> > > Mark,
> > >
> > > What you are calling "The Octave Window" is a program called RXVT - thus
> >
> > the
> >
> > > commandling starting with rxvt....
> > >
> > > the -e octave tells rxvt to execute octave, but I am guessing since you
> >
> > are
> >
> > > having path problems that it can not find the octave binary, and thus
> >
> > closes.
> >
> > > The reason for your path problems is because you changed your root
> >
> > directory
> >
> > > w/o modifying your $PATH.  This is really going to screw everything up.
> >
> > Here
> >
> > > is the problem. Befor you had changed root you had the following:
> > >
> > > C:\gnu\octave == /
> > > therefor
> > > C:\gnu\octave\bin == /bin
> > > C:\gnu\octave\usr == /usr
> > > C:\gnu\octave\etc == /etc
> > > C:\gnu\octave\tmp == /tmp
> > > and so on
> > >
> > > Now you have the following
> > > C:\ == /
> > > therefore
> > > C:\gnu\octave\bin == /gnu/octave/bin
> > > C:\gnu\octave\usr == /gnu/octave/usr
> > > C:\gnu\octave\etc == /gnu/octave/etc
> > > C:\gnu\octave\tmp == /gnu/octave/tmp
> > >
> > > If I remember right your $PATH looks something like
> > >
> > > PATH="/bin:/usr/local/bin";
> > >
> > > >> This is because of the command
> > > >> "\bin\bash" --login start
> > > >> in the octave.bat file. Windows XP doesn't understand
> > > >> \bin\bash
> > > >> but does understand
> > > >> bin\bash
> > >
> > > This does not have anything to do w/ XP, it is because not
> > >
> > > /bin/bash == C:\bin\bash, which does not exist, but if you are already in
> > > C:\gnu\octave bin/bash == ./bin/bash == C:\gnu\octave\bin\bash whis of
> >
> > course
> >
> > > does exist.
> > >
> > > The same goes for 'start' and 'rxvt' as well it is looking for
> >
> > C:\bin\start
> >
> > > and C:\bin\rxvt\.
> > >
> > >
> > > There is a bunch of way that you could go about fixing this - many of
> >
> > which
> >
> > > are very complicated, and will probably be a waste of time.  I suggest
> > > returning you root directory to C:\gun\octave, and using Andy's advise to
> > > change to other directories.
> > >
> > > if C:\gnu\octave == /
> > >
> > > you can still type cd c:/ to goto c:\
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > cd c:/windows to goto c:\windows and so on...
> > >
> > > you can even use cd d:\my\dir to goto d:/my/dir
> > >
> > > then cd / to goto back to c:\gnu\octave
> > >
> > >
> > > It is just so much easier that way.
> > >
> > > hope that helped,
> > >
> > > Tom Weichmann
> > >
> > > > Strange!?
> > > >
> > > > So finally I tried the (long) command in the start file from the bin
> > > > directroy:
> > > > rxvt -fn "Courier New-14" -tn linux -title "GNU Octave 2.1.31" -n "GNU
> > > > Octave" +sr -sl 1000 -e octave
> > > >
> > > > Then something happens! I think the octave window opens and then closes
> >
> > in
> >
> > > > less than 1/10 second.
> > > >
> > > > What happened?
> > > >
> > > > regards,
> > > > Mark Veraar
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Andy Adler,                address@hidden



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