Re: GNU Octave 3.4.0 Released (Mac OSX?)

[Don Mathis]

What knowledge is required to compile Octave, and where can I get that 
knowledge?  I try to follow the instructions but I get to dead ends, like 
when it says to consult the INSTALL file for information about the Fortran 
int size problem, and there's nothing there. And then when I do download the 
latest ATT fortran compiler, it makes no difference -- I get the same error. 
Or when I see a note in the MacOS README that says I have to use ATLAS for 
OSX10.6.6 instead of BLAS, but the instructions stop there and I have no 
idea how to do that.
How do you guys compile octave? What platform are you on?
Thanks

-Don Mathis


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso" <address@hidden>
To: "mathisdw" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: GNU Octave 3.4.0 Released (Mac OSX?)


> On 11 February 2011 14:40, mathisdw <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > I've got a PhD in computer science but I find Octave extremely difficult 
> > to
> > compile under any circumstances. Impossible really, for me.
>
> Did you try to get a PhD in computer engineering instead? I find that
> my MSc in applied mathematics is sufficient for compiling Octave.
>
> Perhaps we should include in the README the minimum academic
> qualifications necessary for compiling Octave... ;-)
>
> (sorry, sorry, I couldn't resist)
>
> - Jordi G. H.