Re: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X Yosemite

[Dushan Mitrovich]

Adam Dershowitz <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> I know that I was excited to find a binary of the beta, and have been 
> looking for an update for a while.  Despite being a Macports user for 
> many applications, including Octave, I would prefer to just have a 
> working binary.  
> My guess is that there is a chicken-and-egg problem.  Much of the 
> current community knows how to build Octave, so doesn't care about a 
> binary.  Meanwhile, there are a bunch of people who would want to use 
> it, but don't know anything about compiling or package managers, so 
> they take a quick look, and give up.  So, they are not considered 
> part of the "community".  
> I'm sure that having available binaries would greatly increase the 
> user base.  So, personally I would definitely be happy to have an 
> available binary, and I think that it would be great for Octave 
> overall.  
> Just my own two cents.
 
Adam has expressed my feelings about this exactly.  I've not had Octave 
on our home iMac, running Mountain Lion X.8.5, for just the reasons he 
presents.  Even with a future move to Yosemite, I'd much appreciate a 
binary.  Another two cents worth.

- Dushan Mitrovich