Re: Octave on Mac and Java

[Ben Abbott]

On Jul 10, 2016, at 19:00, David <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi,

I’m trying unsuccessfully to get Java working with Octave on a Mac.

OS El Capitan 10.11.4

Octave 4.0.2 with GUI from wiki page.

I have Java 1.7.0_79 installed… which is slightly weird as I installed v8 update 91, so unclear how the numbering works.

I’ve been trawling through the wiki and various documents, but other than confirming Octave doesn’t have Java configured, I can’t find any sensible / decipherable pointers on what to do to get it working.

Any help most appreciated!

The only version of Java that we've managed to get working with Octave on the Mac is an old one from Apple

https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1572?locale=en_US

I needed a patch for it to work, and the patch was an experiment, that (afaik) never was applied to Octave's sources.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/octave-maintainers/2016-05/msg00151.html

I don't expect the Octave app from the wiki will be able to use Java.

Ben