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{{Warning|This article is about using '''outdated''' installation methods of Octave for macOS; for current instructions, see [[Octave for macOS]].}}
{{Warning|This article is about using '''outdated''' installation methods of Octave for macOS; for current instructions, see [[Octave for macOS]].}}
== macOS App Bundles ==
The [https://octave-app.org/ Octave.app project] provides an unofficial ready-to-use, drag-and-drop macOS App installer based on [[#Homebrew|Homebrew]] (see below).
* [https://github.com/octave-app/octave-app/releases Download installer from GitHub]
The last update is a version 8.3.0 based Alpha 1 release. However, for Apple Silicon users, it is reported to be damaged after installation in MacOS 14.1. Therefore, you may consider using Homebrew or other tools to install a native Octave for Apple M1/2/3 CPUs. There was a huge performance improvement witnessed by this wiki editor on matrix multiplication. This may be due to a native ARM version of openBLAS was used by Homebrew rather than Rosetta.
A '''very old''' installer is hosted on SourceForge.
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary/2016-07-11-binary-octave-4.0.3/octave_gui_403_appleblas.dmg/download macOS App Bundle of Octave 4.0.3 (with GUI)]  (OS X 10.9+)


==Octave 4.2.2 VM installer for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra==
==Octave 4.2.2 VM installer for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra==
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This installer is known to work on OS X 10.9.1, you may try, at your own risk, to use it for installing on other system versions but it is not guaranteed to work.
This installer is known to work on OS X 10.9.1, you may try, at your own risk, to use it for installing on other system versions but it is not guaranteed to work.
== MacPorts: Custom Installation Instructions ==
For best performance, variability and reliability the custom installation is suggested.
'''Preliminary Port Installations'''
*The new Octave 4 port relies on the accelerator variant. Unfortunately this variant is known for some problems (see below). A better alternative is the "atlas" port, it is necessary to build it with the here specified variant prior to the Octave port installation: {{Codeline|sudo port install atlas +gcc5}}. This can last for many hours. Do this overnight. If a prior atlas installation failed, do {{Codeline|sudo port clean atlas}} before reinstallation.
*Octave depends on arpack, too. Unfortunately arpack is installed with the ''accelerate'' variant by default. The ''accelerate'' variant uses Apple's Vector Libraries which have some known bugs that can cause Octave to crash if using certain functions in arpack. To avoid this install arpack with the ''atlas'' variant instead of the ''accelerate'' variant {{Codeline|sudo port install arpack -accelerate+atlas}}. You can even do this after you installed Octave. The new variant become active by default.
'''Octave Installation'''
*MacPorts has good support for Octave. A list of what MacPorts has available for Octave is [http://www.macports.org/ports.php?by=name&substr=octave here]. To install the most recent version of Octave, type {{Codeline|sudo port install octave -accelerate+atlas}} at the Terminal's command line. Octave has many dependencies which will be downloaded and installed prior to Octave. The entire installation process can take some time.
*Note that {{Codeline|octave-devel}} has been replaced by {{Codeline|octave}}, see [https://trac.macports.org/changeset/114034 MacPorts Revision 114034].
*The variant installed may be important to the user's experience.  The available variants for  {{Codeline|octave}} are displayed by typing {{Codeline|port variants octave}}.  In MacPorts 2.3.4 the variants ''accelerate'', ''app'', ''docs'', ''fltk'', ''gfortran'', ''graphicsmagic'', ''qt4gui'' and ''sound'' are installed by default (marked with '+' sign in {{Codeline|port variants octave}} output). If you need Java support add the new Java variant (+java). A installed Java JRE is mandatory. Go To the Oracle [https://www.java.com/ Java website] for Download. The following command works fine: {{Codeline|sudo port install octave -accelerate+atlas+java}}
*<s>If Octave crashes when plotting use the Gnuplot graphic toolkit instead of FLTK. Type {{Codeline|graphics_toolkit('gnuplot')}} in Octave before plotting. For using the nicer wxt-terminal of Gnuplot, type {{Codeline|setenv("GNUTERM","wxt")}} in Octave. To make this the standard behavior append both commands in one of Octave's startup files e.g. your {{Codeline|~/.octaverc}}. To close the graphic window of gnuplot use the Octave command {{Codeline|close()}} to get rid of the Gnuplot instance instead of using the close button of the window.</s>
*The first plot after startuing Octave 4 can last a while.
To get detailed instructions from start to end on one page, refer [http://blog.hani-ibrahim.de/en/octave4-mac-os-x-el-capitan-install.html Hani's Omnium Gatherum].
== Fink installation instructions ==
→ ''Latest Octave: [http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/octave382 Version 3.8.2]''
[http://www.finkproject.org/ The Fink project] uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dpkg dpkg] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool APT] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian Debian's] package management system), as well as its own frontend program, fink (which is implemented as a set of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_module Perl modules]).
'''Install GNU Octave using Fink:'''
* Install [https://developer.apple.com/xcode/ Xcode] via the '''Mac App Store'''.
** Install the '''Command Line Tools''' by [https://support.apple.com/guide/terminal/open-or-quit-terminal-apd5265185d-f365-44cb-8b09-71a064a42125/mac opening a terminal] and type <code>sudo xcode-select --install</code>.
* Follow [http://www.finkproject.org/download/srcdist.php Fink's installation instructions].
* Fink has excellent support for Octave and includes recent as well as dated versions. A list of what Fink has available for Octave is [http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/browse.php?summary=octave here]. To install the latest Octave with GUI support, type {{Codeline|<nowiki>fink install octave-qtmac</nowiki>}} or {{Codeline|<nowiki>fink install octave-qtx11</nowiki>}} at the Terminal's command line.  For those running the 64 bit version of Fink, it is recommended that {{Codeline|octave-atlas-qtmac}} or {{Codeline|octave-atlas-qtx11}} be installed instead as there are some bugs/features with Apple's vecLib for the X86_64 architecture.  Octave has many dependencies which will be downloaded and installed prior to Octave. The entire installation process can take many hours.
* Fink should also be used to install [[http://octave.sourceforge.net/packages.php packages] for Octave.  For example, the control systems package  may be installed by typing {{Codeline|fink install control-atlas-oct382}} at a terminals command line.
For the {{Codeline|doc()}} function to be supported by Octave, either the unversioned {{Codeline|octave}}, {{Codeline|octave-atlas}}, or {{Codeline|octave-ref}} package must be installed. Essentially, those features used at run-time which don't have a version somewhere in the file path are included in these packages.
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