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=== CentOS ===
=== CentOS ===


Install base CentOS 6.4 system from minimal install disk.
Eenable use of [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL|Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL)] AND THEN install octave dependencies development packages:
netinstall disk does not work from local iso disk image.
 
==== Setup Network ====
 
reboot and start the network because it is disabled by default:
 
    ifup eth0
    dhclient eth0
 
edit `/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0` to enable on next boot. change `ONBOOT` to yes
 
 
==== Install X11/DE ====
 
update yum
 
    yum update -y
 
install desktop environment using:
 
    yum -y groupinstall basic-desktop desktop-platform x11 fonts
 
set system to boot to graphical interface by default
 
    edit /etc/inittab and set default run level to 5
    init 5
 
==== Prepare system and dependencies ====
 
finish setting up system and creating user
 
configure sudo
 
    su
    edit /etc/sudoers file to enable sudo for wheel group
    edit /etc/group and add new user to wheel group
 
Remaining commands done with sudo
 
enable use of Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL)
 
    yum -y install wget
    wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
    rpm -Uvh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
 
install octave dependencies development packages:


     yum -y install yum-utils
     yum -y install yum-utils
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     yum -y install qt-devel mercurial gcc-c++ lapack-devel libtool
     yum -y install qt-devel mercurial gcc-c++ lapack-devel libtool
     yum -y install epstool transfig pstoedit qscintilla-devel
     yum -y install epstool transfig pstoedit qscintilla-devel


===== prepare installation of octave =====
===== prepare installation of octave =====

Revision as of 21:28, 12 March 2016

For RedHat-based distributions like RedHat, CentOS, Fedora, Scientific Linux ...

Unspecific RH

Tested Fedora 20, but not completely. 

 yum install gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel make mercurial libtool libtool-ltdl-devel libtool-ltdl autoconf cmake lapack-devel \
 lapack pcre-devel readline-devel readline fftw-devel glpk-devel suitesparse suitesparse-devel gnuplot libcurl-devel zlib-devel \
 flex texlive gperf fltk-devel qhull-devel hdf5-devel gl2ps-devel qrupdate-devel arpack-devel qscintilla-devel llvm-devel qt-devel \
 bison ghostscript-devel librsvg2-tools icoutils

CentOS

Eenable use of Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) AND THEN install octave dependencies development packages: 

   yum -y install yum-utils
   yum-builddep -y octave
   yum -y install qt-devel mercurial gcc-c++ lapack-devel libtool
   yum -y install epstool transfig pstoedit qscintilla-devel
prepare installation of octave

The remaining steps do not need to be done as root, except for possibly the final installation step. I recommend you create an installation directory like /usr/local/octave/VERSION so that it is easy to uninstall a given version simply by removing a directory tree. Then to use the installed version, put /usr/local/octave/VERSION/bin in your PATH. If you create the /usr/local/octave/VERSION directory with appropriate permissions, it is not necessary to be root to install Octave. For example, 

   mkdir -p /usr/local/octave/dev
   chown jwe.jwe /usr/local/octave/dev

create src and build directories: 

   mkdir src build
get source code of octave and compile it

check out a copy of the octave sources in the src directory 

   cd src
   hg clone http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave
  • bootstrap the build system
   cd octave
   ./bootstrap
  • build Octave in the build directory. choose whatever prefix is appropriate for your system. the -jN option builds in parallel
   cd ../../build
   ../src/octave/configure --prefix=/usr/local/octave/dev
   make -j6 all
  • Run the test suite
   make check
  • If everything looks OK (a few failures are probably normal for the development version) install it
   make install
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