Octave for macOS: Difference between revisions
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*Install XCode: This is done via the MacOS X App Store. (technically you may only require just the xcode command line tools- this download is smaller at 113 megs rather than the full xcode suite at about 1.6 gigs-) | *Install XCode: This is done via the MacOS X App Store. (technically you may only require just the xcode command line tools- this download is smaller at 113 megs rather than the full xcode suite at about 1.6 gigs-) | ||
* download and install xquartz | |||
*Follow [https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation Homebrew's installation instructions]. | *Follow [https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation Homebrew's installation instructions]. | ||
[http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/ Homebrew] has good support for Octave. To install Octave, you must first enable the scientific related formulae by typing at the Terminal's command line: | [http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/ Homebrew] has good support for Octave. To install Octave, you must first enable the scientific related formulae by typing at the Terminal's command line: | ||
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brew install gfortran | brew install gfortran | ||
brew install octave | |||
**** caution -information below on using suite-sparse 3.7.0 might have been outdated by now , so try the normal build above which uses suite-sparse 4.2.0, and if that fails try the approach below ***** | |||
Currently, linking Octave fails with the newest suite-sparse (4.1.0). As a solution, an older version can be installed. | Currently, linking Octave fails with the newest suite-sparse (4.1.0). As a solution, an older version can be installed. | ||
First, versioning must be enabled and an older version has to be chosen (in this case, 3.7.0) | First, versioning must be enabled and an older version has to be chosen (in this case, 3.7.0) | ||
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brew switch suite-sparse 3.7.0 | brew switch suite-sparse 3.7.0 | ||
brew install octave | brew install octave | ||
**** caution -information above on using suite-sparse 3.7.0 might have been outdated by now , so try the normal build above which uses suite-sparse 4.2.0, and if that fails try the approach above ***** | |||
Note that Octave has many dependencies which will be downloaded and installed prior to Octave. The entire installation process can take a few hours. | Note that Octave has many dependencies which will be downloaded and installed prior to Octave. The entire installation process can take a few hours. | ||