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| === Homebrew === | | === Homebrew === |
| → ''Link to [https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/octave Octave package] there.'' | | → ''Link to [https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/octave Octave package] there.'' |
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| [https://brew.sh/ Homebrew] was written 2009 by Max Howell and has gained popularity in the Ruby on Rails community and earned praise for its extensibility.
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| '''Install GNU Octave using Homebrew:''' | | '''Install GNU Octave using Homebrew:''' |
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| # Install Octave <pre>brew install octave</pre> | | # Install Octave <pre>brew install octave</pre> |
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| ==== Further reading ====
| | In case of trouble, see the [https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting Homebrew Troubleshooting Guide]. |
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| The default charting package in Octave is straight qt. However, on the Mac gnuplot often works better. To switch to gnuplot, place the following text in your {{Path|~/.octaverc}} file:
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| Note: If brew complains about:
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| Linking /usr/local/Cellar/ghostscript/9.14...
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| Error: Could not symlink share/ghostscript/Resource
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| 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.
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| The following command will repair the issue:
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| Then run the <code>brew install octave</code> command again.
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| Note: If brew complains about not having a formula for octave, the following command should fix it:
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| The command below upgrades Octave and its dependencies to the latest Homebrew-supported versions:
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| <pre>brew update && brew upgrade octave</pre>
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| Octave has a built-in GUI (developed using Qt lib) installed by default so that gnuplot and other tools can use it directly. This GUI is always installed when installing Octave using Homebrew.
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| In case of trouble, see the [https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting Homebrew Troubleshooting Guide], which assists in diagnosing problems and craft useful bug reports. Bugs may be reported at [https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues Homebrew-core's issue tracker]. | |
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| === MacPorts === | | === MacPorts === |