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Re: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X Yosemite
From: |
Ben Abbott |
Subject: |
Re: How to install Octave 4.0.1 on OS X Yosemite |
Date: |
Fri, 03 Jun 2016 07:09:58 -0400 |
> On Jun 3, 2016, at 1:46 AM, Sebastian Schöps <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Mike Miller-4 wrote
>> This reads to me like you are both suggesting that this homebrew-based
>> binary installer could become an official installer for any OS X user,
>> is that right?
>
> Yes. We somehow need to take of the dependencies and it seems a clever
> choice to to this via a package manager. There are three possibilities for
> the Mac Fink, Macports and homebrew. We chose because a couple of reasons,
> mainly because of "social reasons", i.e, the homebrew community is very open
> and super responsive.
>
>
> Mike Miller-4 wrote
>> If yes, then can someone please update the primary OS X wiki page to
>> make the binary downloader be immediately visible and primary on that
>> page? I think visitors to the page
>>
>> http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X
I’ve made some changes yesterday and more today. Essentially I elevated the
bundle info from the bottom of the page to the top and added links to the
downloads, as suggested. Please take a look.
http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X#Installing_a_Mac_OS_X_Bundle
Ben