RE: Problem installing optim package on Mac OS X

[Mic Miller]

To answer my own question, this issue is discussed here:

http://n4.nabble.com/isnan-problem-on-OSX-td1679829.html


I will look at these files but will probably wait patiently for the next
release of the optim package as I am not a programmer.

If anyone can offer any additional detailed information about how this
solution is implemented in practice or the timeframe as to when the
optim-1.0.13 package will be released would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mic


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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 21:33:15 -0400
From: "Mic Miller" <address@hidden>
Subject: Problem installing optim package on Mac OS X
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I am running Octave version 3.2.0 on a MacBook running OS X Leopard v10.5.8:
octave-3.2.0:10> version
ans = 3.2.0

I want to install the signal processing package which has the miscellaneous,
optim, and specfun packages listed as dependencies:
octave-3.2.0:11> ls
miscellaneous-1.0.9.tar 
signal-1.0.10.tar
optim-1.0.10.tar 
specfun-1.0.8.tar

The miscellaneous package installed without errors. 

Several errors are thrown trying to install optim:
octave-3.2.0:12> pkg install optim-1.0.10.tar
mkoctfile: stripping disabled on this platform
mkoctfile: stripping disabled on this platform
__bfgsmin.cc: In function ?int __newtonstep(double&, double&, std::string,
octave_value_list, ColumnVector, ColumnVector, int, int)?:
__bfgsmin.cc:242: error: ?isnan? was not declared in this scope
make: *** [__bfgsmin.oct] Error 1
'make' returned the following error: mkoctfile -s leval.cc
mkoctfile -s __bfgsmin.cc
error: called from `pkg>configure_make' in file
/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/3.2.0/m/pkg/pkg.m
near line 1253, column 2
error: called from:
error:
/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/3.2.0/m/pkg/pkg.m
at line 714, column 5
error:
/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/share/octave/3.2.0/m/pkg/pkg.m
at line 287, column 7

Only two errors were thrown on specfun. These were apparently not fatal, as
specfun is shown as installed (see below):
octave-3.2.0:12> pkg install specfun-1.0.8.tar
mkoctfile: stripping disabled on this platform
warning: gen_doc_cache: unusable help text in 'test_sncndn'. Ignoring
function.

signal would not install because of optim dependency:
octave-3.2.0:13> pkg install signal-1.0.10.tar
error: the following dependencies where unsatisfied:
signal needs optim >= 1.0.0

pkg list shows that miscellaneous and specfun installed:
octave-3.2.0:13> pkg list
Package Name | Version | Installation directory
---------------+---------+-----------------------
miscellaneous *| 1.0.9 | /Users/mic/octave/miscellaneous-1.0.9
specfun *| 1.0.8 | /Users/mic/octave/specfun-1.0.8


I am new to the list, somewhat new to Octave and the Mac.  I haven't had any
success searching for a solution through Google.  I downloaded the most
recent version of optim-1.0.12 but it threw the same errors. Any suggestions
how to get optim to install would be welcome.

Thanks,

Mic




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