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Line 1: − Octave can be built on cygwin too !+ − − ==Pre-requisites== − Setup your system the same way as described on the page [[Octave for Debian systems]]. The next step, required to generate the documentation, is to tweak a bit the texlive configuration file: (remember cygwin has no sudo command) − − vi /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c − − Change − − TEXMFLOCAL = $TEXMFROOT/texmf-site − − into − − TEXMFLOCAL = $TEXMFROOT/texmf-site:$TEXMFROOT/texmf − − Then run − − mktexlsr − − − ==Configure== − Proceed the same way as on a Unix platform. In this case, the procedure requires a kind of bootstrapping, so it is better to put Octave outside the main directory tree; like f.i. − − ./bootstrap − mkdir compile; cd compile − ../configure --prefix=${HOME}/usr − − This configuration supposes ${HOME}/usr/bin exists and is in your $PATH. − − ==Build== − The procedure is a bit more tricky. Start the build as usual: − − make -j 2 − − It will fail after a looong time, while trying to launch ./run-octave. This is a well-known problem, partly caused by issues with the fork() call under Windows platforms. At this time, change run-octave to something simpler: − − #! /bin/sh − octave_executable="${PREFIX}/usr/bin/octave" − "$octave_executable" "$@" − − Where ${PREFIX} matches the form previously used during the configure stage. In fact, we will use the new Octave, which is not yet operationnal. But never mind. Restart the process as follows: − − make install − − This way: − # The Octave libs and binaries have been generated, they will be copied into their final destination directory. − # the doc has still to be built. With the modified "run-octave", the executable which will be called is the version just installed during the previous step. Now the doc generation will succeed, and so will its installation. − − Enjoy! − − [[Category:Installation]] − [[Category:Building]] − [[Category:Microsoft Windows]]
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