Re: install pkg

[Marius Schamschula]

On Nov 28, 2014, at 11:46 AM, ESMERALDA PODA <address@hidden> wrote:

Thank you! Is this version of Xcode compatible with Octave?

On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Nov 28, 2014, at 9:01 AM, c. <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On 28 Nov 2014, at 13:01, ESMERALDA PODA <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Here are the info:
>> OSX Yosemite 10.10.
>> Attached you find details about XCode
>
> from what you previously posted I infer you are using the
> 3.8.0 binary distribution for OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), downloaded
> forom OctaveForge, is that correct?
>
> That version is not meant for use on OSX 10.10 Yosemite,
> if it happens to work that is by pure accident, but I doubt you
> will ever be able to install packages with it.
>
> You need to reinstall Octave in order to be able to compile
> the io package, currently the best options you have to do so
> are via a package manager like Fink [1], Macports [2] or homebrew [3].
>
> I will probably  prepare a release of Octave 3.8.2 for OSX 10.10
> some time (late) next month, so if you are not confortable using a
> package manager you may want to wait for that.
>
> c.
>
> [1] http://www.finkproject.org/
> [2] https://www.macports.org/
> [3] http://brew.sh/

For Yosemite, I strongly encourage using Fink.  The help-list full of many examples of individuals having trouble with both homebrew and Macports on Yosemite.

Ben

As long as the version of Xcode is compatible with your version of OS X, it will be compatible with octave. You have Xcode 6.1, which is correct for Yosemite.

Marius

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Marius Schamschula