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brew install octave</pre> | brew install octave</pre> | ||
This would install octave with the default dependencies. Note that the default dependencies include java runtime environment. If you do not have java installed, homebrew would guide you to do that. Or you can type {{Codeline|brew install octave --without-java}} to remove its dependency on java. | This would install octave with the default dependencies. Note that the default dependencies include java runtime environment. If you do not have java installed, homebrew would guide you to do that. Or you can type {{Codeline|brew install octave --without-java}} to remove its dependency on java. | ||
Note: If brew complains about: | |||
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Linking /usr/local/Cellar/ghostscript/9.14... | |||
Error: Could not symlink share/ghostscript/Resource | |||
/usr/local/share/ghostscript is not writable. | |||
</pre> | |||
This is telling you the user permissions for ghostscript are not setup in a way that your user profile can use. You need to change those permissions to your user profile. | |||
The following command will repair the issue: | |||
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sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local/share/ghostscript | |||
brew link --overwrite ghostscript | |||
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Then run the brew install command again for octave. | |||
Note: If brew complains about not having a formula for octave, the following command should fix it: | Note: If brew complains about not having a formula for octave, the following command should fix it: | ||