Re: Can't get octave to run on Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Ben Abbott)

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 6, 2012, at 8:11 AM, Glenn Eychaner wrote:

> On Apr 6, 2012, at 6:23 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> 
>> sudo touch /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>> sudo ln -s /Applications/gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot 
>> /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
>> sudo touch /usr/local/bin/octave
>> sudo ln -s /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave 
>> /usr/local/bin/octave
> 
> 
> You shouldn't "touch" the files before doing the "ln"; at least on my system, 
> that gives the error "File exists".  The "right" way to create the links is:
> 
> sudo ln -sfh /Applications/gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnuplot 
> /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
> sudo ln -sfh /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave 
> /usr/local/bin/octave
> 
> the "f" will overwrite any existing file; the "h" will ensure that if the 
> existing file is itself a softlink, it doesn't get followed.
> 
> -G.

Ok. I'll update the wiki.

Ben