Re: octave forge packages on a mac

[Lazy_Tom]

Sebastian Schöps wrote
> 
> Lazy_Tom wrote
>> when the octave 4.03 came out in .dmg the macPorts support was
>> discontinued so I thought to remove the macPort version (keeping
>> macPorts) and try the 4.03 on .dmg 
> How do you come to this conclusion? As far as I know the macports port is
> still under heavy development. The most recent version is 4.0.3. and you
> can get it here:
> https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/math/octave/Portfile 
> If you were happy with macports, then there is no need to switch to the
> app-bundle. The app-bundle is rather meant for beginners. If you get along
> with macports I would recommend to continue using it.

see the official octave website
(https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html) and the link they give
for mac installation: http://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_MacOS_X
So, is the phrase  "macPorts approach abandoned" related to the tutorial
only?? Now I'm confused, the text doesn't look clear, especially if you read
the whole article :/ 
Also, due to problems related to conflicts of other ports with Octave it was
appealing moving to .dmg.
Given your observations I might try to go back to macPorts.


Sebastian Schöps wrote
> 
> Lazy_Tom wrote
>> thrashing octave app and rerunning the .dmg would do the trick but the
>> problem actually got worse. 
> Trashing and reinstalling can hardly make a difference. User actions do
> not modify the app-bundle, e.g. packages are installed in ~/octave. You
> must have changed something else.

Yes, indeed, but can't figure out what


Sebastian Schöps wrote
> 
> Mike Miller-4 wrote
>> LMGTFY, seems to be a common error on macOS systems that may point to a
>> conflict between xcode and homebrew, or between homebrew and macports,
>> or related.
> I have not seen this error so far. Did you upgrade Xcode (Version 8)
> recently?

My Xcode is Version 7.2.1 (7C1002)



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