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[project @ 2006-11-02 16:54:27 by jwe]
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| 1 Octave is now part of the normal net distribution of Cygwin, available | |
| 2 from http://www.cygwin.com. To install the Cygwin package of Octave: | |
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| 4 1. Use your favorite browser to view the page http://www.cygwin.com | |
| 5 | |
| 6 2. Click on the "Install or update now" link. | |
| 7 | |
| 8 3. A dialog should appear with the option to run the setup program | |
| 9 from its current location or save it to disk. Either will work, | |
| 10 but I usually choose to save the setup program to disk so that it | |
| 11 is possible to run it later to update the installation without | |
| 12 having to go back to the web page using a browser. | |
| 13 | |
| 14 4. Run the setup program. | |
| 15 | |
| 16 5. Choose "Install from Internet". | |
| 17 | |
| 18 6. Select a root install directory. You may choose any directory, but | |
| 19 it needs to have enough space for Octave and all the related | |
| 20 tools. Sorry, I don't know how much space that is at present. | |
| 21 | |
| 22 7. Select a local package directory. This is a directory that the | |
| 23 setup program will use to temporarily store package files before | |
| 24 installing them. It should have plenty of space (probably 70MB | |
| 25 or more). You may delete this directory once the installation is | |
| 26 complete. | |
| 27 | |
| 28 8. Select your Internet Connection. Probably "Direct Connection" is | |
| 29 OK unless you are behind a firewall of some kind that limits your | |
| 30 access to the Internet. | |
| 31 | |
| 32 9. Choose a download site. One that is "near" you on the net is | |
| 33 probably best. | |
| 34 | |
| 35 10. Select packages. Choose Octave from the Math category and gnuplot | |
| 36 from the graphics category. | |
| 37 | |
| 38 11. Once the download and file installation is done, click Finish. I | |
| 39 usually choose to create an icon on the desktop and put an icon in | |
| 40 the start menu. After you click finish, a series of scripts will | |
| 41 run, displaying some output in a terminal window. It will take a | |
| 42 few minutes. | |
| 43 | |
| 44 12. To run Octave, start Cygwin. This will bring up a terminal | |
| 45 window. In that window type | |
| 46 | |
| 47 startx | |
| 48 | |
| 49 (a running X server is needed for plotting). Running startx will | |
| 50 bring up a new window. In that window, type | |
| 51 | |
| 52 octave | |
| 53 | |
| 54 That should present you with an Octave prompt. Type | |
| 55 | |
| 56 sombrero (41) | |
| 57 | |
| 58 at this prompt and a new window with the sombrero plot should appear. | |
| 59 | |
| 60 13. IMPORTANT: to build .oct files (dynamically loaded functions) for | |
| 61 Octave, you will also need the octave-headers package. Currently, | |
| 62 due to some bugs in the most recent version of the C++ compiler | |
| 63 and libraries for Cygwin, you will also need gcc and g++ 3.3 | |
| 64 rather than 3.4. You can use the setup.exe installer to select | |
| 65 and install the older version. | |
| 66 | |
| 67 | |
| 68 John W. Eaton | |
| 69 jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu | |
| 70 University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 71 Department of Chemical Engineering | |
| 72 | |
| 73 Tue Apr 18 15:22:59 2006 |