On Mar 8, 2012, at 4:53 AM, Ben Abbott wrote: On Mar 7, 2012, at 10:20 PM, Paul Sims wrote: On Mar 7, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
On Mar 7, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Paul Sims <address@hidden> wrote:
On Mar 7, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
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_Terminal
If 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.html
Read 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
Well shoot, now I feel quite foolish for trying to start from the terminal screen but unfortunately I'm still having problems just trying to start octave.
I only copied the first line of code in, hit return, before it asked for a password, which I didn't have. I tried typing but nothing was happening so I quit the program. When I start Octave now it loads the terminal screen and octave in the dock but the octave icon then disappears from the dock and I get the following message on my terminal screen: exec '/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave'. The heading on my terminal screen reads: "Terminal - login - 80 x 24".
When I say with "no recognition of Octave", I mean that I get a heading on my terminal screen that reads "Terminal - login - 80 x 24" instead of the initial one that says "Octave etc. etc. etc.". As to a setup screen, I meant I was expecting the intro paragraph that usually shows up
At this point, I'd just like to run the program...
Thanks!
Can you tell us what shows up *in* the Terminal ?
Ben
When I click on my Octave icon, it opens terminal with the following message: exec '/Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave'
Paul
That is what it should do. What happens after that ? If nothing, what happens if you open a terminal window and type ... $ ls -l /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave $ cat /Applications/Octave.app/Contents/Resources/bin/octave Ben
Well, it wouldn't do anything after that message came up. For example, I tried typing "2+2" and nothing would happen, it would simply go to the next line without computing it.
However, I tried downloading and reloading it for about the fifth time now and it's working. The only difference this time is that I deleted it from the trash (which you normally don't have to do to delete the file) and I redownloaded the program instead of using the dmg file I already had. Regardless, it's working and graphing fine now so I appreciate your time and help.
Thanks!
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