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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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This would install octave with the default dependencies.  
This would install octave with the default dependencies.  
The default charting package in Octave is straight qt. However, on the Mac gnuplot often works better. To set up gnuplot, install (or reinstall) it with qt enabled:
<pre>brew install gnuplot --with-qt</pre>
Then configure Octave to use it by placing the following text in your ~/.octaverc file:
<pre>setenv('GNUTERM','qt')
graphics_toolkit("gnuplot")</pre>


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