installing octave

[derekr]

OK, I have downloaded and unpacked the files (where should they actually be put - in Program files?).  How do I now install and run the program.  The documentation is quite opaque on this
Derek Roff,
Department of Biology,
University of California,
Riverside,
CA 92521
USA
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[Michael Goffioul-2]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:23 PM,  <derekr@...> wrote:
> OK, I have downloaded and unpacked the files (where should they actually be put - in Program files?).  How do I now install and run the program.  The documentation is quite opaque on this

>From the mention to "Program Files", I guess you're using Windows, right?
If yes, then what package did you actually installed? Note that you can
find pre-compiled packages for Windows at

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2888

Michael.
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[Michael Goffioul-2]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 6:23 PM,  <derekr@...> wrote:
> Dear Michael,
> Sorry, but I am clealry missing something.  I have the files unpacked on my desktop but all the config or init files have no subscript and hence windows does not recognise them.  I assume that there is an install file somewhere.  Am I right.

Please tell us where you did find the package you installed.
I suspect that you downloaded and installed the source package
and you try to run it, which of course does not work. If you want
a package that works out-of-the-box, please download the
file octave-3.0.1-vs2008-setup.exe from

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2888&package_id=40078

Run it and follow the installation procedure.

Michael.
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