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Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot
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Ben Abbott |
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Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot |
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Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:10:12 -0500 |
On Feb 12, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Richard Campbell wrote:
> On Feb 12, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>
>> On Feb 12, 2011, at 2:46 PM, Richard Campbell wrote:
>>
>>> I am reformatting a laptop right now so that I can start fresh. We've
>>> identified the following dependencies which we believe need to be
>>> satisfied, and I'm going to test each of these assumptions.
>>>
>>> - Xcode (provides gcc which supports OSX-style universal binary executables
>>> and libraries)
>>> - gfortran (from AT&T, same capabilities as above)
>>> - GNU sed, installed to --prefix/usr which overwrites the
>>> Apple/BSD/whatever sed was already there
>>> - pcre, simply because the version provided with OSX doesn't provide
>>> pcre.h, because one particular regex wasn't found, but I think this may
>>> have been fixed
>>> - flex?
>>> - postscript?
>>>
>>> Campbell
>>
>> By "postscript", do you mean "ghostscript"?
>>
>> Also, I recommend you include "gnuplot".
>>
>> Ben
>
> Thanks, yes, gnuplot should be on the list. Neither ghostscript nor
> postscript should be on the list, actually - they weren't required before.
>
> Regarding PCRE: the offending regex is still present, and ./configure still
> doesn't require PCRE (it allows you to build, and the error you get is when
> you try to print something, and it's a completely non-descriptive error).
> What would I need to do to submit a patch changing the behaviour of configure?
>
> Campbell
Be aware, that without ghostscript you'll not be able to print.
I don't know how to change the behavior of configure for the non-pcre regex.
Ben
- Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot, Richard Campbell, 2011/02/12
- Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot, Ben Abbott, 2011/02/12
- Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot, Richard Campbell, 2011/02/12
- Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot,
Ben Abbott <=
- Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot, Richard Campbell, 2011/02/12
- Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot, Ben Abbott, 2011/02/12
- Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot, Richard Campbell, 2011/02/12
- Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot, John W. Eaton, 2011/02/12
- Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot, Richard Campbell, 2011/02/12
- Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot, John W. Eaton, 2011/02/12
- Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot, Richard Campbell, 2011/02/13
Re: Building Octave-3.4.x from source on OSX, reboot, Richard Campbell, 2011/02/12