Re: Installing Octave on a MacBook Pro

[Ben Abbott]

On Mar 31, 2013, at 6:24 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:

> On Mar 31, 2013, at 5:12, Michael Farmer <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>>      I have a MacBook Pro ( mid 2010, OS X Version 10.8.3, 2.53GHz, i5 
>> processor, 4GB RAM) and have been trying to install Octave. I am not a 
>> computer expert but have been following the instructions given in the 
>> "Octave for MacOS X " section of 
>> (http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X). I believe I have XCode 
>> installed, at least it appears  in my applications list and can be opened 
>> although I have never used it in anger, and have tried following the 
>> instructions given under MacPorts using the Terminal application. I keep 
>> getting the following messages:-
>> 
>> Last login: Sun Mar 31 12:27:52 on ttys000
>> Michael-Farmers-MacBook-Pro:~ michaelfarmer$ sudo port install octave-devel 
>> +atlas+docs
>> Warning: The Command Line Tools for Xcode don't appear to be installed; most 
>> ports will likely fail to build.
>> Warning: See http://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.xcode.html for 
>> more information.
>> --->  Computing dependencies for octave-develError: Unable to execute port: 
>> can't read "build.cmd": Failed to locate 'make' in path: 
>> '/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin' or at its 
>> MacPorts configuration time location, did you move it?
>> Michael-Farmers-MacBook-Pro:~ michaelfarmer$ 
>> 
>>      I am obviously doing something wrong, or have failed to install 
>> something correctly, but with my limited knowledge I cannot fathom what. 
>> Most of the reported problems shown above don't mean much to me. I am not a 
>> "Power user" but simply want to explore Octave and maybe progress some work 
>> I did with MATLAB before I retired, just for interest. 
>> 
>> Can anybody point me in the right direction, please??
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Mick Farmer
> 

> Run Xcode and download the command-line tools via its Preferences.
> 
> Sent from my iPod
> 

Given the number of time this has come up, I should have added a note to the 
wiki earlier.

        
http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X#Simple_Installation_Instructions

Ben