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[https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave MXE-Octave] was forked 2012 from the [https://mxe.cc/ MXE project] and is useful | [https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave MXE-Octave] was forked 2012 from the [https://mxe.cc/ MXE project] and is useful in the following scenarios<ref>[https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave/file/6836b2f08479/README MXE-Octave README] text by [[User:jwe|jwe]].</ref>: | ||
# Cross-compilation for MS Windows (see also [[ | # Cross-compilation for MS Windows (see also [[Windows_Installer]]) and other platforms. | ||
# Building Octave on outdated Linux systems (e.g. only an old GCC version is available). | # Building Octave on outdated Linux systems (e.g. only an old GCC version is available). | ||
# Building Octave without root permission. | # Building Octave without root permission. | ||
{{Warning|MXE-Octave is '''not''' the best choice for building Octave, if your system already provides recent versions of GCC and other required build dependencies | {{Warning|MXE-Octave is '''not''' the best choice for building Octave, if your system already provides recent versions of GCC and other required build dependencies.}} | ||
=== | === Examples of compiling Octave for different platforms === | ||
== | * '''Compiling for your Linux system''' | ||
# Download [http://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave MXE-Octave] as a compressed file. | |||
# Unpack it in ~ or somewhere suitable. | |||
# Check you have all the [http://mxe.cc/#requirements requirements], gfortran and libgl2ps-dev. | |||
# cd into the directory (called ~/mxe-octave-123456789 or similiar). | |||
# Type: ./bootstrap | |||
# Type: ./configure --enable-64 --enable-native-build --enable-pic-flag host_alias=gnu-linux --enable-openblas --enable-jit | |||
# Type: make | |||
# Type: make openblas | |||
# cd usr/lib | |||
# mv libblas.so libblas.so.reference | |||
# ln -s libopenblas.so libblas.so | |||
# Octave will exist in ~/mxe-octave-123456789/usr/bin | |||
# Add to your .bashrc file: alias octave=~/mxe-octave-123456789/usr/bin/octave | |||
=== | === Note for gnuplot === | ||
The gnuplot built by mxe-octave does not support cairo based terminals and lua/tikz terminals. | |||
If you want uses those feature, prepare gnuplot with those features and points its location setting to | |||
"gnuplot_binary" like | |||
The gnuplot built by | |||
If you want uses those | |||
>> gnuplot_binary /usr/bin/gnuplot | >> gnuplot_binary /usr/bin/gnuplot | ||