Re: install pkg

[James Russell]

Thanks Ben and others.  The link didn't work (don't know why - gave blank page 
repeatedly), but I did the same search starting from Apple and found the 
package.  Note to 'fink beginners' - nowhere is "JDK" referenced at the Apple 
site.  Remember, you're addressing "beginners".  I've administered systems for 
> 30 years, but I'm new to fink.

Jim



> On Nov 29, 2014, at 6:07 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Nov 29, 2014, at 12:53 AM, James Russell <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Nov 28, 2014, at 6:12 AM, 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
>> 
>> Ben,
>> 
>> Okay, I tried fink.  I ran into a roadblock where it required Java be 
>> updated, I updated Java Runtime Environment, which is what it indicated, and 
>> got no progress.  A helpful supporter over at fink said not JRE, JDK, which 
>> it appears is Java Development Environment.  As I spelled out over at that 
>> forum there is no clear path to a JDK for Mac OS X 10.10.1 - not to say that 
>> there is no such thing, just that it is not clear where to find it.
>> 
>> I've spent non-trivial parts of days now trying to get Octave running on Mac 
>> OS X 10.10.1.  Can you tell me how to install JDK to get fink running to get 
>> ..............?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> I used google to search Apple's support site -> "site:support.apple.com  java 
> jdk yosemite". The first link is below.
> 
>       http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1572
> 
> Ben
>