Re: Update Octave Wiki for Mac OS X Build Instructions

[Ben Abbott]

On Jan 4, 2010, at 3:48 AM, Todd Rovito wrote:

> Hello,
>    I would like to help with Octave development so I am getting
> familiar with the project and trying to see where my skill set fits
> in.  My first task was trying to get Octave to compile which took some
> time to figure out but I now have it compiling and running on Mac OS
> X.  I documented the build process in a script file here:
>   http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3649012/Octave-Build/create-3.2.3.sh
> 
> I started with the build script from the Octave-Forge site that is
> used to build Octave.app.  The Octave-forge script didn't work on 10.6
> so I made some modifications.
> 
> The first thing I would like to do is update the wiki Mac OS X
> instructions here:
>          http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctaveForMac
> 
> because the instructions don't work for Snow Leopard 10.6 and version
> 3.2.3 of Octave.   Is it possible for me to get the password to the
> wiki so I can make the change?
> 
> If anybody has any notes/pointers/documentation they want to send to
> me on building Octave for Snow Leopard I would be glad to include on
> the Wiki or in the build script.
> 
> Thanks.

Todd,

Have you tried following the instructions on the page below?

        http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?UserName

Ben