How do i install Octave?
How do i install Octave?
hi i'm trying to install Octave from http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html
i've gotten the file but i don't know how to install it. i'm sure it's gonna have a few dependancies.
i've gotten the file but i don't know how to install it. i'm sure it's gonna have a few dependancies.
OK.
octave-2.9.12-i486.pet
gnuplot-4.2.0-i486.pet
I haven't tried them yet so let me know if there are any bugs with the install. I'm still new at this compiling thing so I'm not even sure if the ./configure options I invoked are 'Puppy-compliant'. I'm going to look into this on the weekend. I'd like to rebuild it properly if I can.
EDIT:
I've just loaded them and it seems Octave is missing the following dependencies:
liboctave.so
libcruft.so
liboctinterp.so
I'm not sure what effect this has on the package. It still installs but I don't know enough about it to really test it out (I've only just started learning MatLab).
I'll google for the above three dependencies and see if I can get things fixed properly.
Once installed you'll see a listing for Octave in your Start menu under Calculate. Just ignore it and move on. (If you click on it, it doesn't open - duh! that's because Octave is a command based package without a GUI). To get it going you just need to open a console and type 'octave' and it'll come up.
Let me know how you get on.
octave-2.9.12-i486.pet
gnuplot-4.2.0-i486.pet
I haven't tried them yet so let me know if there are any bugs with the install. I'm still new at this compiling thing so I'm not even sure if the ./configure options I invoked are 'Puppy-compliant'. I'm going to look into this on the weekend. I'd like to rebuild it properly if I can.
EDIT:
I've just loaded them and it seems Octave is missing the following dependencies:
liboctave.so
libcruft.so
liboctinterp.so
I'm not sure what effect this has on the package. It still installs but I don't know enough about it to really test it out (I've only just started learning MatLab).
I'll google for the above three dependencies and see if I can get things fixed properly.
Once installed you'll see a listing for Octave in your Start menu under Calculate. Just ignore it and move on. (If you click on it, it doesn't open - duh! that's because Octave is a command based package without a GUI). To get it going you just need to open a console and type 'octave' and it'll come up.
Let me know how you get on.
It's the one I compiled. MU kindly agreed to host it and I uploaded it a couple of days ago. It's still got the same errors (missing .so files) and it's just Octave, ie. no gnuplot. There was a cock-up on my part when uploading gnuplot such that I need to compile it from source again and then upload it to MU's repo. I plan on doing that this weekend.
If you want, you can have ago yourself at compiling it. Assuming you're running Puppy 2.16, you'll need to
1. download the devx_xxx.sfs package from ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distrib ... vx_216.sfs and save it to /mnt/home.
2. reboot.
3. download the gnuplot source code tarball. Untar it and change into the appropriate directory.
4. read any README and INSTALL files noting any important dependencies and/or configuration options.
5. runN.B. add any options to this line if recommended in the README or INSTALL.
6. run
7. don't run 'make install' but, instead, run: just like this guide from Barry says.
8. Now you're ready to install the .pet package you've just created!
If you want, you can have ago yourself at compiling it. Assuming you're running Puppy 2.16, you'll need to
1. download the devx_xxx.sfs package from ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distrib ... vx_216.sfs and save it to /mnt/home.
2. reboot.
3. download the gnuplot source code tarball. Untar it and change into the appropriate directory.
4. read any README and INSTALL files noting any important dependencies and/or configuration options.
5. run
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./configure --build=i486-t2-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr
6. run
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make
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new2dir make install
8. Now you're ready to install the .pet package you've just created!
It was a bit late in coming but I compiled a .pet for GNUplot today. MU has, once again, kindly agreed to host it. It's available along with Octave at:
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Science/
http://dotpups.de/dotpups/Science/
Octave-3.2.3
see this thread
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=49517
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=49517