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→‎Simple Installation Instructions: Since many beginners might want a GUI, corrected the instructions for installing with it.
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* If running Mountain Lion (Mac OS 10.8) or later, install [https://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/ XQuartz].
* If running Mountain Lion (Mac OS 10.8) or later, install [https://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/ XQuartz].


To install Octave, update to the latest package definitions, install {{Codeline|gfortran}} (Now you don't need to install it manually, it would be installed by dependency), and then Octave:
To install Octave, update to the latest package definitions, install {{Codeline|gfortran}} (Now you don't need to install it manually, it would be installed by dependency), and then Octave.
<pre>brew update && brew upgrade octave
 
brew install octave</pre>
First we ensure brew itself has the latest definitions:
<pre>brew update && brew upgrade octave</pre>
 
Then, we install Octave. To install only the command-line version use:
<pre>brew install octave</pre>
 
To install Octave with the Qt GUI, install qt then install Octave --with-qt:
<pre>brew install qt
brew install octave --with-qt</pre>
 
This would install octave with the default dependencies.  
This would install octave with the default dependencies.  


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