Re: OCTAVE ONLINE DOCUMENT ERROR?

[Ben Abbott]

Ming, **please** "reply-all" so that others can follow along and not answer 
previously answered questions.  Also type you response at the **end** of the 
email so that those arriving later can follow the discussion.  I've responded 
further at the bottom.

On May 19, 2013, at 9:41 PM, Ming Liu wrote:

> On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On May 19, 2013, at 8:47 PM, Ming Liu wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi all,
>> > I have read the online contribution guideline for Octave. The link is here:
>> >
>> > http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Contributing-Guidelines.html#Contributing-Guidelines
>> >
>> > However, it is very vague for me to understand what actually I need to do.
>> 
>> Have you installed mercurial?  If not, please tell us which OS you're on and 
>> someone willl be able to help
>> 
>> If you already installed mercurial, have you setup a local mercurial archive 
>> for Octave?
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> Thank you Ben!
> I am using mac OS system. Thanks very much for that upcoming help! I 
> gratefully look forward for it.
> Kind regards,
> Ming

Ok.  To start I recommend you install a package management system.  Fink and 
Macports are good choices which I have experience with.  Homebrew is also 
available, but I've never used it.  I'm no longer building the development 
sources using Fink, but can help you with Macports.

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

After installing Macports, ...

        sudo port install octave-devel +atlas+fltk+gcc47
        sudo port install mercurial
        sudo port install autoconf
        sudo port install automake
        sudo port install flex

The install of octave-devel will provide all of Octave's dependencies.  After 
installing mercurial, autoconf and automake, you'll be ready to follow the 
instructions at the link below.

        
http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Contributing-Guidelines.html#Contributing-Guidelines

Ben