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It is very recommended that you build Octave in a separate directory tree from the sources. | It is very recommended that you build Octave in a separate directory tree from the sources. | ||
For convenience we recommend a subdirectory to the main octave directory. | For convenience we recommend a subdirectory to the main octave directory. | ||
For example, after you finished running the bootstrap script (takes a few | For example, after you finished running the bootstrap script (takes a few seconds), run the | ||
following commands to create a build tree, configure, and build Octave: | following commands to create a build tree, configure, and build Octave: | ||
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$ ../configure | $ ../configure | ||
Running configure will take about half a minute. After it's finished, and if you are satisfied with | configure takes many command line arguments that allow some customization of the resulting makefile, and they are detailed in the [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Running-Configure-and-Make.html manual]. | ||
the result, just run make | |||
Running configure will take about half a minute. After it's finished, and if you are satisfied with the result, just run make | |||
$ make | $ make | ||
Building octave will take something on the scale of hours, | Building octave will take something on the scale of hours, | ||
the exact | the exact amount depending on if the programmers or cpu engineers are ahead in the eternal race of performance versus cruft. | ||
The best thing to do is to leave it over lunch, or possibly overnight if it's late. You probably should sleep more anyway Jonathan. | The best thing to do is to leave it over lunch, or possibly overnight if it's late. You probably should sleep more anyway Jonathan. | ||