Re: Binary packages for 3.8

[c.]

On 10 Oct 2013, at 15:39, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Oct 10, 2013, at 9:31 AM, c. wrote:
> 
>> On 10 Oct 2013, at 14:17, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> If you still have problems, try reporting the problem to Anirhuda.  He was 
>>> helpful for me and fixed many problems.  Also please copy me in case it 
>>> would be helpful for me.
>>> 
>>> Ben
>> 
>> Yes,
>> 
>> I will report back my experiences when I try.
>> 
>> BTW, as an experiment I tried building an onstaller for Octave 3.6.4 from 
>> MacPorts.
>> I am 99.99% sure that it should not work with OSX < 10.8 and it might mess 
>> up with 
>> a previously installed MacPorts tree, but in case you want to give it a try 
>> you 
>> can get it from here:
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20MacOSX%20Binary/octave-devel-3.6.4-8.dmg/download
>> 
>> c.
> 
> Does it install in /opt/local or install an app-bundle?
This version installs in /opt/local but the dmg includes an app bundle to start 
Octave in a terminal.
My plan is to have all libs installed in the app bundle in the end but this was 
just a preliminary test.

> Ben
c.