Re: Octave for Mac OSX?

[Ben Abbott]

> On Sep 3, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Vic Norton <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> What is the situation with Octave for Mac OSX?
> 1. Are their any ports of Octave 3.8 to OSX 10.10?
> 2. Are their any ports of Octave 4.0 to OSX 10.10?
> 3. How about OSX 10.11 when it comes out this fall?
> 4. Has anybody tried the VM installer for OSX 10.10 mentioned on
>     http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X
>   Is that the only recourse for OSX 10.10 or 10.11?
> 
> I'm really not worried about Octave 4.0, but I have to have at least
> 3.8. Functions within functions, which are required by my work, don't
> work in Octave versions < 3.8.
> 
> Any answers would be greatly appreciated. I'm on Mac OSX 10.9 right now,
> and my Octave 3.8.2 works fine. I will forgo buying a new iMac this fall
> if I know Octave won't work on Mac OSX 10.11.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Vic

3.8.2 is available via Fink, Macports, and Homebrew (I think).

I am able to build Octave 4.0.x on Mac OS 10.10.5 using Fink for dependencies. 
However, the sources must be patched.

Ben