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Mac OS Installation Questions
From: |
Ed Selden |
Subject: |
Mac OS Installation Questions |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Apr 2006 00:37:05 -0700 |
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I'll start by saying that I know only a little about the lower levels of the
OS, so I may need to be referred to other written material for novices if
anything like that exists.
Environment: New Intel Mac running Tiger.
Questions:
1. I downloaded the binary file (went to desktop), and from the terminal
window performed the command "sudo tar -xvf octave-bin.tar -C /" as
specified in the directions on the HPC Mac OS site. Typing "octave",
however, does not work. What do I need to do? I didn't locate anything
named octave either. (Note, I later noticed that by double clicking on the
octave tar file in the Mac OS download window, a /usr/local/ set of files
was produced on the desktop. I assume I can't use this, correct?)
2. The site also recommends downloading AquaTerm and gnuplot. When I went
to the AquaTerm site, the download was for PowerPC, so I'm skeptical it will
work so I didn't download it. Will it work? Is it needed for octave to
run? The same goes for gnuplot?
Thanks for any help,
Ed Selden
- Mac OS Installation Questions,
Ed Selden <=