On Mar 7, 2012, at 2:13 AM, Paul Sims wrote:
Hi all,
I'm having some trouble getting Octave to run on my mac, version 10.6.8. I followed the octave wiki instructions here:
http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle
and got all the files (Octave, GnuPlot, and Aquaterm) into my applications folder. I then opened Octave, got the start up message with copyright, and entered the first line of code per the instructions from the wiki section: Running Octave and Gnuplot from a Terminal
• sudo touch /usr/local/bin/gnuplot
However, I got a message asking for confirmation since this could change my settings, which I said yes to and now I can't use Octave. All I got was a request for a password which I didn't know. When I click on Octave now I get my terminal screen, but with no recognition of Octave, no set up screen, etc. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling octave to no avail.
Any ideas on what I did wrong and what I can do to fix it would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
- Paul
The instructions below are only needed if you want to start Octave from a Terminal's command line.
http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MacOS_X_Bundle#Running_Octave_and_Gnuplot_from_a_TerminalIf that is what you want, did you follow all the instructions ?
What does "with no recognition of Octave" mean ?
Why do you expect a setup screen ?
If all you want to do is run Octave you just double-click on the App and Octave will be run in a Terminal window and begin by displaying the text below.
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GNU Octave, version 3.4.0
Copyright (C) 2011 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-apple-darwin10.7.3".
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.htmlRead
http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to submit bug reports.
For information about changes from previous versions, type `news'.
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Ben