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Re: Windows install
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: Windows install |
Date: |
Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:47:14 -0400 |
On Tuesday, September 09, 2008, at 01:41PM, "Ben Abbott" <address@hidden> wrote:
>On Tuesday, September 09, 2008, at 12:36PM, "Thomas L. Scofield"
><address@hidden> wrote:
>> Here is what one student
>>wrote:
>>
>> I did end up completing the install last night with every
>>option available (I was not able
>> to select some as they were blocked/would not allow a 'check
>>mark'). I then restarted
>> my computer and tried the Octave program. When opening, all
>>that was displayed were
>> some lines of command/information regarding the program. I hit
>>enter, and tried typing
>> but only some type of source code involving Octave 3.0.1 appeared.
>>
>
>My wild guess is that everything is working as expected and that the student
>in question is unaccustomed to a command line program.
>
>Perhaps a picture showing "only some type of source code involving Octave
>3.0.1" would help clarify?
>
>Ben
Thomas,
Perhaps you might check with your student if what is below is what qualifies as
"some type of source code"?
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GNU Octave, version 3.0.1
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