1. General Users
================

A MacOS bundle is available from sourceforge.

  http://octave.sourceforge.net/index.html

There are also Octave packages available from both Fink and MacPorts.  Each
of these package managers handle the details of compiling Octave from source.

  http://www.finkproject.com
  http://www.macports.org/

2. Developers
=============

Building on MacOS can vary significantly between versions.  These
instructions document the procedure for MacOS 10.6.X.

2.1 Development Tools
----------------------

Apple's Xcode Developer's Tool must be installed to build from source code.

  http://developer.apple.com/technologies/xcode.html

A Fortran compiler is also required.  AT&T Research provides versions of
gfortran which have been patched to work with recent versions of Xcode.

  http://r.research.att.com/tools/

2.2 Dependencies
----------------

There are additional build dependencies and run-time dependencies which
must be met.  Using a package management system such as Fink or MacPorts
is the easiest way to meet these requirements.

  http://www.finkproject.com
  http://www.macports.org/

The list of dependencies is below.  Dependencies in the list are referred to
using the name of the Fink package.

  aquaterm
  arpack
  autoconf (>= 2.6.0)
  automake (>= 1.11)
  fftw3 (>= 3.1.1)
  fftw3-shlibs (>= 3.1.1)
  flex >= 2.5.30
  fltk-aqua-shlibs 
  glpk-dev
  glpk-shlibs
  gnuplot (>= 4.2.6)
  graphicsmagick (<= 1.3.7)
  graphicsmagick-shlibs (<= 1.3.7)
  hdf5 (>= 1.6.5)
  hdf5-shlibs (>= 1.6.5)
  libcurl4
  libcurl4-shlibs
  libncurses5
  libncurses5-shlibs
  libtool >= 2.2.2 
  ncurses
  pcre
  pcre-shlibs
  qhull
  qrupdate (**)
  readline5
  readline5-shlibs 
  sed
  suitesparse (= 3.1.0-1 )

Some of Octave's dependencies are among the default packages for Fink. These
include the list below, and possibly others as well.

  tetex
  texinfo

(**) Fink does not yet have a package for qrupdate.  However, one is
       available in the tracker at the link below.

  http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2861045&group_id=17203&atid=414256

2.3 Building With Dependencies Satisfied by Fink
------------------------------------------------

After installing each of the dependencies, the sources are compiled by
setting the proper environment variables and then following the standard build
sequence.  The following is an example set of variables for a 32-bit processor
compling with gcc-4.2.

  export FINK_PREFIX="/sw"
  export PREFIX="/usr/local/bin"

  export OPTFLAGS="-O2 -g"
  export LDFLAGS="-L$FINK_PREFIX/lib -L/usr/lib -m32"
  export CFLAGS="-I$FINK_PREFIX/include $OPTFLAGS -m32"
  export CXXFLAGS=$CFLAGS
  export CPPFLAGS=$CXXFLAGS 
  export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I$FINK_PREFIX/share/aclocal"
  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$FINK_PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig"
  export PATH="$FINK_PREFIX/var/lib/fink/path-prefix-10.6/:$PATH"
  export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5
  export PATH="$FINK_PREFIX/lib/flex/bin:$PATH"
  export CPPFLAGS="-I$FINK_PREFIX/lib/flex/include $CPPFLAGS"
  export LDFLAGS="-L$FINK_PREFIX/lib/flex/lib $LDFLAGS"
  export CC="gcc-4.2"
  export CPP="cpp-4.2"
  export CXX="g++-4.2"
  export F77="/usr/bin/gfortran-4.2"
  export FLIBS="-lgfortran -lgfortranbegin"
  export FFLAGS="-ff2c $OPTFLAGS -m32"
  export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$FINK_PREFIX/include/freetype2 \
                             -I$FINK_PREFIX/include/qhull \
                             -I/usr/include"
  export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -D_THREAD_SAFE -D_REENTRANT"

  ./autogen.sh
  ./configure --prefix=$PREFIX \
              --libexecdir='${prefix}/lib' \
              --with-blas="-Wl,-framework -Wl,vecLib"
  make

2.4 Building With Dependencies Satisfied by MacPorts
----------------------------------------------------

  TODO - add instructions.

2.5 Building without a package manager
--------------------------------------

  TODO - add instructions.


John W. Eaton
jwe@octave.org

Ben Abbott
bpabbott@mac.com

Last updated: Sat, 28 Oct 2010 16:06:00 EDT