Re: Problem installing symbolic tool

[Alexander Hansen]

On 7/14/12 3:33 PM, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
>> ________________________________
>> From: Alexander Hansen <address@hidden>
>> To: "address@hidden" <address@hidden> 
>> Cc: address@hidden 
>> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 9:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: Problem installing symbolic tool
>>
> 
>>
>> symbolic doesn't work with Octave > 3.2.4, which is why I don't have a
>> Fink package for it.
>>
>> But let's see if you have a problem with your mkoctfile.  What do you
>> get from running "grep i386 /sw/bin/mkoctfile" ?
>> -- 
>> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
>> Fink User Liaison
>> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
>>
>>
> 
> 
> I don't know whether the package works, but on my self-built octave-3.6.2 
> under Linux it, at least, can be built and installed:
> 
> "
> ---
> Package name:
>         symbolic
> Version:
>         1.1.0
> Short description:
>         Symbolic toolbox based on GiNaC and CLN.
> Status:
>         Loaded
> octave:2>             
> 
> ".
> 
> ...
> 
> At least some things in the package do work, e.g.:
> 
> "
> octave:4> digits(100)
> ans =  100
> octave:5> Pi
> ans =
> 
> 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148
> octave:6>  
> 
> ...
> octave:14> x = sym('x');
> octave:15> y = sym('y');
> octave:16> [foom bar] = numden((x^2 + x + 1)/(y^3 + y + 2))
> foom =
> 
> 1.0+x+x^(2.0)
> bar =
> 
> 2.0+y^(3.0)+y
> octave:17>
> 
> ".
> 
> 
> Regards,
>   Sergei.
> 

Ah, I missed seeing the version there.  Apparently I missed updating it
to 1.1.0.

That being said, I haven't been able to reproduce the original
"/sw/bin/mkoctfile: line 27: i386: command not found" problem.

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/