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Latest revision as of 22:39, 9 August 2019

MXE-Octave was forked 2012 from the MXE project and is useful for building Octave in the following scenarios^[1]:

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Building Octave on outdated Linux systems (e.g. only an old GCC version is available).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 without root permission.

MXE-Octave is not the best choice for building Octave, if your system already provides recent versions of GCC and other required build dependencies. See Category:Installation for other install options.

Example of compiling MXE-Octave[edit]

Preparation[edit]

Install all requirements of MXE Octave.
Decide for an installation directory (e.g. ~/mxe-octave).
cd ~
hg clone https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave mxe-octave
cd mxe-octave
./bootstrap

Configuration[edit]

For a comprehensive list of configuration options with a short explanation, type ./configure --help. See also the known issues below.

./configure \
    --prefix=$HOME/mxe-octave \
    --enable-native-build \
    --enable-octave=release \
    --enable-64 \
    --enable-binary-packages \
    --enable-devel-tools \
    --enable-fortran-int64 \
    --enable-lib64-directory \
    --enable-openblas \
    --enable-pic-flag \
    --disable-system-fontconfig \
    --disable-system-gcc \
    --disable-system-opengl \
    --disable-system-x11-libs \
    --with-ccache \
    gnu-linux

Build[edit]

make -j3 JOBS=2 all openblas Adapt the values of the variables -j (parallel package builds) and JOBS (parallel build jobs) to your needs.

Replace reference BLAS by OpenBLAS[edit]

In general using the OpenBLAS library results in faster matrix-vector operations compared to the reference BLAS library.

cd ~/mxe-octave/usr/lib
mv libblas.so libblas.so.reference
ln -s libopenblas.so libblas.so

Run[edit]

MXE-Octave will exist in ~/mxe-octave/usr/bin
Add the command octave as alias to your .bashrc file: alias octave=~/mxe-octave/usr/bin/octave
Start MXE-Octave by typing octave.

Known issues[edit]

gnuplot[edit]

The gnuplot built by MXE-Octave does not support cairo based terminals and lua/tikz terminals. If you want uses those features, prepare gnuplot with those features and type in the Octave command prompt

 >> gnuplot_binary /usr/bin/gnuplot

Build errors on older systems[edit]

On some older systems, it might be useful to consider adding the configuration options

--disable-docs
--disable-java

in case of building errors.

References[edit]

↑ MXE-Octave README text by jwe.

[1] MXE-Octave README text by jwe.

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-Based on the [http://mxe.cc/ MXE] project there is an [http://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave MXE-Octave] fork available to allow cross compiling Octave to various target systems.
+[https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave MXE-Octave] was forked 2012 from the [https://mxe.cc/ MXE project] and is useful for building Octave in the following scenarios<ref>[https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave/file/6836b2f08479/README MXE-Octave README] text by [[User:jwe|jwe]].</ref>:
-= Examples of compiling Octave for different platforms =
+# 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 without root permission.
-* '''Compiling for Windows'''
+{{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. See [[:Category:Installation]] for other install options.}}
-# There is some further information for using mxe-octave to build an Windows installer here: [[Windows_Installer]].
+=== Example of compiling MXE-Octave ===
-* '''Compiling for your Linux system'''
+==== Preparation ====
-# Download [http://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave MXE-Octave] as a compressed file.
-# Unpack it in ~ or somewhere suitable.
-# cd into the directory (called ~/mxe-octave-123456789 or similiar).
-# Type: autoconf
-# Type: ./configure --enable-64 --enable-native-build --enable-pic-flag host_alias=gnu-linux --enable-openblas --enable-jit
-# Type: make
-# Type: make openblas
-# Octave will exist in ~/mxe-octave-123456789/usr/bin
-# Add to your .bashrc file: alias octave=~/mxe-octave-123456789/usr/bin/octave
+# [[Windows_Installer#Installing_requirements_of_MXE_Octave|Install all requirements of MXE Octave]].
+# Decide for an installation directory (e.g. {{path|~/mxe-octave}}).
+# <code>cd ~</code>
+# <code>hg clone https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave mxe-octave</code>
+# <code>cd mxe-octave</code>
+# <code>./bootstrap</code>
-* '''Compiling for a different Linux system'''
+==== Configuration ====
-= Packaging for distribution =
+For a comprehensive list of configuration options with a short explanation, type <code>./configure --help</code>.  See also the [[#Known issues|known issues]] below.
+<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+./configure \
+    --prefix=$HOME/mxe-octave \
+    --enable-native-build \
+    --enable-octave=release \
+    --enable-64 \
+    --enable-binary-packages \
+    --enable-devel-tools \
+    --enable-fortran-int64 \
+    --enable-lib64-directory \
+    --enable-openblas \
+    --enable-pic-flag \
+    --disable-system-fontconfig \
+    --disable-system-gcc \
+    --disable-system-opengl \
+    --disable-system-x11-libs \
+    --with-ccache \
+    gnu-linux
+</syntaxhighlight>
+==== Build ====
+<code>make -j3 JOBS=2 all openblas</code> Adapt the values of the variables <code>-j</code> (parallel package builds) and <code>JOBS</code> (parallel build jobs) to your needs.
+==== Replace reference BLAS by OpenBLAS ====
+In general using the [https://www.openblas.net/ OpenBLAS] library results in faster matrix-vector operations compared to the reference BLAS library.
+# <code>cd ~/mxe-octave/usr/lib</code>
+# <code>mv libblas.so libblas.so.reference</code>
+# <code>ln -s libopenblas.so libblas.so</code>
+==== Run ====
+# MXE-Octave will exist in {{path|~/mxe-octave/usr/bin}}
+# Add the command <code>octave</code> as alias to your {{path|.bashrc}} file: <code>alias octave=~/mxe-octave/usr/bin/octave</code>
+# Start MXE-Octave by typing <code>octave</code>.
+=== Known issues ===
+==== gnuplot ====
+The gnuplot built by MXE-Octave does not support cairo based terminals and lua/tikz terminals.
+If you want uses those features, prepare gnuplot with those features and type in the Octave command prompt
+  >> gnuplot_binary /usr/bin/gnuplot
+==== Build errors on older systems ====
+On some older systems, it might be useful to consider adding the configuration options
+* <code>--disable-docs</code>
+* <code>--disable-java</code>
+in case of building errors.
+=== References ===
+<references/>
 [[Category:Building]]