Re: Octave 3.6.0-rc1 release candidate available for ftp

[Ben Abbott]

On Jan 13, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Robinson, Melvin D wrote:

>  
> From: Robinson, Melvin D
> 
> From: Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
>> 
>> On Jan 13, 2012, at 12:11 AM, Robinson, Melvin D wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 10:26 PM, Robinson, Melvin D wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 10:16 PM, Robinson, Melvin D wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 1/12/12 8:52 PM, "Ben Abbott" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 9:40 PM, Robinson, Melvin D wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On 1/12/12 8:35 PM, "Ben Abbott" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 12, 2012, at 9:16 PM, Robinson, Melvin D wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm having some problems with make check on Lion. Fedora worked 
>>>>>>>>>>>> fine.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you tell me about Lukas' modified port file?  I missed that 
>>>>>>>>>>>> email.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Melvin
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> The modified portfile for rc1 is attached.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Make sure you have qhull_2010.3 installed.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> sudo port activate qhull @2010.1_3
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I have 2011.2 installed.  On Macports:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> butterfly:octave-3.6.0-rc1 melrobin$ port list qhull
>>>>>>>>>> qhull                          @2011.2         math/qhull
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> It appears that only @2010.1_3 is unavailable.  Can you tell me what 
>>>>>>>>>> I I
>>>>>>>>>> can do to install that version?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Please respond below so that those who arrive late can follow along.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> If you tried to activate "qhull @2010_3" and that failed, then you can
>>>>>>>>> install the older version by ...
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  sudo port install qhull @2010.1_3
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Is there something crazy about my system?  I uninstalled 2011.2 and 
>>>>>>>> used
>>>>>>>> sudo port install qhull @2010.1_3 as you said and it reinstalled hull
>>>>>>>> 2011.2_1.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What does "port installed | grep qhull" return for you ?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I get ....
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> port installed | grep qhull
>>>>>>> qhull @2010.1_3 (active)
>>>>>>> qhull @2011.1_0
>>>>>>> qhull @2011.1_1
>>>>>>> qhull @2011.2_1
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Something has gone amiss for me:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> butterfly:~ melrobin$ port installed | grep qhull
>>>>>> qhull @2011.2_1 (active)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ok. What is the result of ...
>>>>> 
>>>>>      sudo port install qhull @2010.1_3
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ben
>>>>> 
>>>>> butterfly:~ melrobin$ sudo port install qhull @2010.1_3
>>>>> --->  Cleaning qhull
>>>>> 
>>>>> It seems that no action was taken.  I never installed qhull @2010.1_3 so 
>>>>> maybe that's the problem.
>>>> 
>>>> $ sudo port selfupdate
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe that helps?
>>>> 
>>>> Jarno
>>> 
>>> Thanks!  I'm trying that and it is building gcc47 which should take a 
>>> looooooong time.  
>> 
>> You'll want to avoid gcc46 and gcc47. These gcc versions don't support 
>> "-arch=x86_64" ... Unless macports is doing something to patch Octave's 
>> sources ?
>> 
>> I recommend you use the gcc45 and fltk variants. The port command should be 
>> something like ...
>> 
>> sudo install octave36 @3.6.0-rc1_0 +atlas+fltk+gcc45
>> 
>> If you are able to build Octave using gcc47, please let me know. So far 
>> gcc46 has not worked for me.
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
> I have gotten Octave to build a few times using gcc46…just the make checks 
> (crashes on eigs and fails all convhulln.m) don't produce the best results.  
> I'll try with gcc45 and variants and then with gcc47.  I did have to use your 
> sed commands to get it to work with gcc46.

You're having a different experience that me. To build octave using gcc46, 
after configure I need to ...

        sed -i '' -e 's/-arch x86_64//' Makefile
        sed -i '' -e 's/-arch x86_64//' libcruft/Makefile
        sed -i '' -e 's/-arch x86_64//' liboctave/Makefile
        sed -i '' -e 's/-arch x86_64//' src/Makefile

> It finally finished sudo port selfupdate and sudo port outdated.  Still no 
> options to install an older qhull, do you happen to see arpack-ng being 
> available?  I saw on the Python mailing list that arpack-ng had been ported 
> to a number of platforms, but do not see it as of this morning.

Using the "port info arpack" command to see if your port installation sees 
arpack-ng. My result is below. Notice the "Homepage" points to arpack-ng

$ port info arpack
arpack @3.0.2 (math)
Variants:             [+]accelerate, atlas, g95, gcc42, gcc43, [+]gcc44, gcc45, 
gcc46, openmpi, universal

Description:          ARPACK is a collection of Fortran77 subroutines designed 
to solve large scale eigenvalue problems.
Homepage:             http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/arpack-ng

Build Dependencies:   gcc44
Platforms:            darwin
License:              BSD
Maintainers:          address@hidden

If you don't see arpack-ng, then something went wrong with  your selfupdate or 
"update outdated".

Type "port installed | grep arpack" to see what you have installed and which 
version is active.

$ port installed | grep arpack
  arpack @1_4+accelerate+gcc44
  arpack @3.0.2_0+accelerate+gcc44 (active)

If selfupdate and "update outdated" worked for you, then you'll see the same.

You can do the same for qhull. In this case you'll see qhull @2011.2_1 is the 
active port. What I see is below.

$ port installed | grep qhull
  qhull @2010.1_3 (active)
  qhull @2011.1_0
  qhull @2011.1_1
  qhull @2011.2_1

You can make qhull @2010.1_3 active by typing ...

        sudo port install qhull @2010.1_3

Ben