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= Running Octave and gnuplot from a Terminal = | = Running Octave and gnuplot from a Terminal = | ||
These instructions assume you have already placed Octave and Gnuplot into the Applications folder. | |||
Starting Octave from the command line requires one further step to inform bash (your shell) where the Octave binary is located. This is accomplished through the bash initialization file ~/.bashrc (the leading "." means it's normally invisible in the finder). To run Octave and gnuplot from a terminal, symbolic links will be used. | Starting Octave from the command line requires one further step to inform bash (your shell) where the Octave binary is located. This is accomplished through the bash initialization file ~/.bashrc (the leading "." means it's normally invisible in the finder). To run Octave and gnuplot from a terminal, symbolic links will be used. | ||
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** {{Codeline|sudo touch /usr/local/bin/gnuplot}} | ** {{Codeline|sudo touch /usr/local/bin/gnuplot}} | ||
** {{Codeline|sudo ln -s /Applications/gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot /usr/local/bin/gnuplot}} | ** {{Codeline|sudo ln -s /Applications/gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot /usr/local/bin/gnuplot}} | ||
** {{Codeline|sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/gnuplot}} | |||
** {{Codeline|sudo touch /usr/local/bin/octave}} | ** {{Codeline|sudo touch /usr/local/bin/octave}} | ||
** {{Codeline|sudo ln -s /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave /usr/local/bin/octave}} | ** {{Codeline|sudo ln -s /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave /usr/local/bin/octave}} | ||
** {{Codeline|sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/octave}} | |||
* Test that everything is ok. | * Test that everything is ok. | ||
** In a Terminal window type the command below. | ** In a Terminal window type the command below. | ||