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Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8
From: |
Ben Abbott |
Subject: |
Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8 |
Date: |
Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:35:19 -0400 |
On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Dudley Brooks wrote:
> On 4/5/12 1:40 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>
>> On Apr 5, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Dudley Brooks wrote:
>>
>>> I followed all the instructions on the page
>>>
>>> http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Specifically:
>>>
>>> sudo touch /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>>>
>>> sudo ln -s /Applications/gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot
>>> /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>>>
>>> sudo touch /usr/local/bin/octave
>>>
>>> sudo ln -s /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>>> /usr/local/bin/octave
>>>
>>> But when I typed
>>>
>>> octave
>>>
>>> I got "permission denied".
>>>
>>> Nevertheless, when I typed
>>>
>>> env
>>>
>>> I found that /usr/local/bin *is* in PATH
>>>
>>> The next instructions said that I should then e-mail here.
>>> Suggestions? Thanks.
>>
>> Please verify you get the following.
>>
>> ls -l /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>> -rwxrwxrwx 1 bpabbott admin 2968 Apr 21 2011
>> /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
>
> It's there, and so is gnuplot. They both show up, with the correct
> permissions. One small question, since my unix is rusty: octave shows
> -rwxrwxrwx and gnuplot shows -rwxrwxrwx@ -- what's the difference?
>
> And I don't understand: if it's -rwxrwxrwx, how can there be "permission
> denied"?
Ok. Now try to run Octave without the link. Just type the part below at the
shell prompt.
/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave
Ben
- Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Dudley Brooks, 2012/04/05
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Ben Abbott, 2012/04/05
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Dudley Brooks, 2012/04/05
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8,
Ben Abbott <=
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Dudley Brooks, 2012/04/05
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Ben Abbott, 2012/04/05
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Dudley Brooks, 2012/04/05
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Dudley Brooks, 2012/04/05
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Dudley Brooks, 2012/04/05
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Ben Abbott, 2012/04/05
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Ben Abbott, 2012/04/05
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Dudley Brooks, 2012/04/05
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Ben Abbott, 2012/04/05
- Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8, Dudley Brooks, 2012/04/05