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*Install XCode: This is done via the MacOS X App Store. | *Install XCode: This is done via the MacOS X App Store. | ||
*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: | |||
{{Codeline|<nowiki>brew tap homebrew/science</nowiki>}} | |||
Then, if you do not have a fortran compiler installed, type | |||
{{Codeline|<nowiki>brew install gfortran</nowiki>}} | |||
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) | |||
{{Codeline|<nowiki>brew tap homebrew/versions</nowiki>}} | |||
{{Codeline|<nowiki>brew versions suite-sparse</nowiki>}} | |||
Then go to the install directory of brew ({{Codeline|<nowiki>/usr/local</nowiki>}} by default) and get the formula for the older version (the revision number, {{Codeline|<nowiki>ff53163</nowiki>}}, is shown in the fourth column by in the previous command's output) | |||
{{Codeline|<nowiki>cd /usr/local/Library/Taps/homebrew-science/</nowiki>}} | |||
{{Codeline|<nowiki>git checkout ff53163 /usr/local/Library/Taps/homebrew-science/suite-sparse.rb</nowiki>}} | |||
Now compile and activate the selected version and install Octave | |||
{{Codeline|<nowiki>brew unlink suite-sparse</nowiki>}} | |||
{{Codeline|<nowiki>brew install suite-sparse</nowiki>}} | |||
{{Codeline|<nowiki>brew switch suite-sparse 3.7.0</nowiki>}} | |||
{{Codeline|<nowiki>brew install octave</nowiki>}} | |||
Note that Octave has many dependencies which will be downloaded and installed prior to Octave. The entire installation process can take a few hours. | |||
==Create a launcher app with AppleScript== | ==Create a launcher app with AppleScript== | ||