Difference: Octave (1 vs. 5)

Source Pack

The following tar-zipped gtgz source packs are available for download.

Pack	File
tar.bz2	octave-3.2.4.tar.bz2
tar.gz	octave-3.2.4.tar.gz

Installing add-ons

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We suggest to dowload and install the following packages:

Packages	details	download
java-1.2.8.tar.gz	details	download
miscellaneous-1.0.11.tar.gz	details	download
optim-1.0.17.tar.gz	details	download
signal-1.1.1.tar.gz	details	download
specfun-1.1.0.tar.gz	details	download
struct-1.0.9.tar.gz	details	download

Create a plugin directory for downloading the plugins:

$ cd /opt/exp_soft/gridit/octave-3.2.4/plugins
$ tree plugins/
plugins/
|-- java-1.2.8.tar.gz
|-- miscellaneous-1.0.11.tar.gz
|-- optim-1.0.17.tar.gz
|-- signal-1.1.1.tar.gz
|-- specfun-1.1.0.tar.gz
`-- struct-1.0.9.tar.gz
0 directories, 6 files

Start Octave and go to the directory where you placed the downloaded package. Then type :

$ octave
GNU Octave, version 3.2.4
Copyright (C) 2009 John W. Eaton and others.
This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  For details, type `warranty'.

Octave was configured for "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu".

Additional information about Octave is available at http://www.octave.org.

Please contribute if you find this software useful.
For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/help-wanted.html

Report bugs to  (but first, please read
http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to write a helpful report).

For information about changes from previous versions, type `news'.

octave:1> pkg install java-1.2.8.tar.gz 
                       optim-1.0.17.tar.gz 
                       specfun-1.1.0.tar.gz 
                       miscellaneous-1.0.11.tar.gz 
                       signal-1.1.1.tar.gz 
                       struct-1.0.9.tar.gz

About this wiki

http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/

About Octave

System requirements

• OS: Scientific Linux SL release 5.4 (Boron)
• Compiler: GNU 4.4.0;
• Arch: x86_64.

Source Pack

The following tar-zipped gtgz source packs are available for download.

Pack	File <-- -->
tar.bz2	octave-3.4.2.tar.bz2
tar.gz	octave-3.4.2.tar.gz

System Requirements

$ yum install -y gcc-gfortran
$ yum install -y ImageMagick
$ yum install -y gcc44-gfortran-4.4.0-6.el5
$ yum install -y flex
$ yum install -y bison
$ yum install -y gperf
$ yum install -y compat-readline43-4.3-3
$ yum install -y readline-devel-5.1-3.el5
$ yum install -y texinfo-4.8-14.el5
$ yum install suitesparse
$ yum install fftw3-3.1.2-5.el5.1
$ yum install hdf5-1.8.7-1.el5.rf
$ yum install libgfortran44-4.4.0-6.el5

Unpacking the source and installation

$ cd $VO_GRIDIT_SW_DIR
$ wget  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-3.2.4.tar.gz
$ tar zxvf octave-3.2.4.tar.gz
$ rm -f octave.3.24.tar.gz

Building Octave-3.2.4

$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/exp_soft/gridit/octave-3.2.4 
                     --with-magick=ImageMagick 
                     --without-qrupdate 
                     --without-curl CC=gcc44 CXX=g++44 F77=gfortran44 
                     --enable-docs=no 
                     --disable-readline >log 2>log &
$ make
$ make install

Testing the installation

$ export PATH=$PATH:/opt/exp_soft/gridit/octave-3.2.4/bin/
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/exp_soft/gridit/octave-3.2.4/lib/octave-3.2.4/

Now, you can launch the octave CLI

$ octave
GNU Octave, version 3.2.4
Copyright (C) 2009 John W. Eaton and others.
This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  For details, type `warranty'.

Octave was configured for "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu".

Additional information about Octave is available at http://www.octave.org.

Please contribute if you find this software useful.
For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/help-wanted.html

Report bugs to  (but first, please read
http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to write a helpful report).

For information about changes from previous versions, type `news'.

octave:1> 

References

Octave

-- GiuseppeLaRocca - 2011-12-15