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Update build instructions in INSTALL.OCTAVE for release 3.4.
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1 @c Copyright (C) 1996-2011 John W. Eaton
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2 @c
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3 @c This file is part of Octave.
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4 @c
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5 @c Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 @c under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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7 @c Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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8 @c your option) any later version.
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9 @c
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10 @c Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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11 @c ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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12 @c FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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13 @c for more details.
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14 @c
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15 @c You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 @c along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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17 @c <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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19 @c The text of this file appears in the file INSTALL in the Octave
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20 @c distribution, as well as in the Octave manual.
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22 @ifclear INSTALLONLY
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23 @node Installation
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24 @appendix Installing Octave
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25 @end ifclear
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27 @ifset INSTALLONLY
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29 This file documents the installation of Octave.
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31 Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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32 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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33 Free Software Foundation.
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34
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35 @strong{Note:} This file is automatically generated from
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36 @file{doc/interpreter/install.txi} in the Octave sources. To update
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37 the documentation make changes to the .txi source file rather than this
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38 derived file.
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40 @node Installation
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41 @chapter Installing Octave
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42 @end ifset
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44 @cindex installing Octave
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46 The procedure for installing Octave from source on a Unix-like system is
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47 described below. Building on other platforms will follow similar steps.
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49 @itemize @bullet
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50 @item
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51 Run the shell script @file{configure}. This will determine the features
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52 your system has (or doesn't have) and create a file named
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53 @file{Makefile} from each of the files named @file{Makefile.in}.
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55 Here is a summary of the configure options that are most frequently used
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56 when building Octave:
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58 @table @code
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59 @item --help
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60 Print a summary of the options recognized by the configure script.
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62 @item --prefix=@var{prefix}
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63 Install Octave in subdirectories below @var{prefix}. The default value
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64 of @var{prefix} is @file{/usr/local}.
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66 @item --srcdir=@var{dir}
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67 Look for Octave sources in the directory @var{dir}.
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69 @item --enable-64
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70 This is an @strong{experimental} option to enable Octave to use 64-bit
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71 integers for array dimensions and indexing on 64-bit platforms. You
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73 doing. @xref{Compiling Octave with 64-bit Indexing}, for more details
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74 about building Octave with this option.
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76 @item --enable-bounds-check
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77 Enable bounds checking for indexing operators in the internal array
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80 recommended for general use.
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83 Disable building all forms of the documentation (Info, PDF, HTML). The
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84 default is to build documentation, but your system will need functioning
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85 Texinfo and Tex installs for this to succeed.
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87 @item --enable-float-truncate
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88 This option allows for truncation of intermediate floating point results
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89 in calculations. It is only necessary for certain platforms.
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91 @item --enable-readline
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92 Use the readline library to provide for editing of the command line in
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93 terminal environments. This option is on by default.
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95 @item --enable-shared
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96 Create shared libraries (this is the default). If you are planning to
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97 use the dynamic loading features, you will probably want to use this
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98 option. It will make your @file{.oct} files much smaller and on some
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99 systems it may be necessary to build shared libraries in order to use
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100 dynamically linked functions.
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102 You may also want to build a shared version of @code{libstdc++}, if your
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103 system doesn't already have one.
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105 @item --enable-dl
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106 Use @code{dlopen} and friends to make Octave capable of dynamically
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107 linking externally compiled functions (this is the default if
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108 @option{--enable-shared} is specified). This option only works on
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109 systems that actually have these functions. If you plan on using this
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110 feature, you should probably also use @option{--enable-shared} to reduce
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111 the size of your @file{.oct} files.
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113 @item --with-blas=<lib>
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114 By default, configure looks for the best @sc{blas} matrix libraries on
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115 your system, including optimized implementations such as the free ATLAS
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116 3.0, as well as vendor-tuned libraries. (The use of an optimized
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117 @sc{blas} will generally result in several-times faster matrix
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118 operations.) Use this option to specify a particular @sc{blas} library
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119 that Octave should use.
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121 @item --with-lapack=<lib>
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122 By default, configure looks for the best @sc{lapack} matrix libraries on
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123 your system, including optimized implementations such as the free ATLAS
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125 @sc{lapack} will generally result in several-times faster matrix
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127 library that Octave should use.
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129 @item --with-magick=<lib>
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130 Select the library to use for image I/O. The two possible values are
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131 "GraphicsMagick" (default) or "ImageMagick".
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133 @item --with-sepchar=<char>
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134 Use <char> as the path separation character. This option can help when
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135 running Octave on non-Unix systems.
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137 @item --without-amd
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192 @item --without-zlib
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193 Don't use the zlib library, disable data file compression and support
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194 for recent MAT file formats.
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200 for Mac systems.
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205 OpenGL headers and libraries in standard system locations are tested
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211 See the file @file{INSTALL} for more general information about the
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212 command line options used by configure. That file also contains
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213 instructions for compiling in a directory other than the one where
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214 the source is located.
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216 @item
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217 Run make.
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219 You will need a recent version of GNU Make as Octave relies on certain
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220 features not generally available in all versions of make. Modifying
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221 Octave's makefiles to work with other make programs is probably not
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222 worth your time; instead, we simply recommend installing GNU Make.
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224 There are currently two options for plotting in Octave: (1) the external
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225 program gnuplot, or (2) the internal graphics engine using OpenGL and
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226 FLTK. Gnuplot is a command-driven interactive function plotting
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227 program. Gnuplot is copyrighted, but freely distributable. As of
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228 Octave release 3.4, gnuplot is the default option for plotting. But,
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229 the internal graphics engine is nearly 100% compatibile, certainly for
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230 most ordinary plots, and users are encouraged to test it. It is
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231 anticipated that the internal engine will become the default option at
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232 the next major release of Octave.
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234 To compile Octave, you will need a recent version of @code{g++} or other
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235 ANSI C++ compiler. In addition, you will need a Fortran 77 compiler or
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237 @code{fort77} that works like a normal Fortran compiler by combining
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238 @code{f2c} with your C compiler in a single script.
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241 @code{flex}. If you modify the documentation, you will need GNU
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242 Texinfo.
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244 GNU Make, @code{gcc} (and @code{libstdc++}), @code{gnuplot},
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245 @code{bison}, @code{flex}, and Texinfo are all available from many
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246 anonymous ftp archives. The primary site is @url{ftp.gnu.org}, but it
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247 is often very busy. A list of sites that mirror the software on
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251 Octave requires approximately 1.4 GB of disk storage to unpack and
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252 compile from source (significantly less, 400 MB, if you don't compile
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253 with debugging symbols). To compile without debugging symbols try the
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254 command
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256 @example
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257 make CFLAGS=-O CXXFLAGS=-O LDFLAGS=
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258 @end example
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263 @item
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264 If you encounter errors while compiling Octave, first check the list of
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265 known problems below to see if there is a workaround or solution for
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266 your problem. If not,
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267 @ifclear INSTALLONLY
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268 see @ref{Trouble},
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269 @end ifclear
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270 @ifset INSTALLONLY
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271 see the file BUGS
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276 Once you have successfully compiled Octave, run @code{make install}.
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280 the following directories. In the table below, @var{prefix} defaults to
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281 @file{/usr/local}, @var{version} stands for the current version number
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282 of the interpreter, and @var{arch} is the type of computer on which
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283 Octave is installed (for example, @samp{i586-unknown-gnu}).
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286 @item @var{prefix}/bin
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287 Octave and other binaries that people will want to run directly.
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289 @item @var{prefix}/lib/octave-@var{version}
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292 @item @var{prefix}/octave-@var{version}/include/octave
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298 @item @var{prefix}/share/man/man1
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301 @item @var{prefix}/share/info
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305 Function files distributed with Octave. This includes the Octave
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321 * Compiling Octave with 64-bit Indexing::
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325 @node Compiling Octave with 64-bit Indexing
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326 @appendixsec Compiling Octave with 64-bit Indexing
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328 Note: the following only applies to systems that have 64-bit pointers.
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329 Configuring Octave with @option{--enable-64} cannot magically make a
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330 32-bit system have a 64-bit address space.
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332 On 64-bit systems, Octave is limited to (approximately) the following
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333 array sizes when using the default 32-bit indexing mode:
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335 @example
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337 double: 16GB
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338 single: 8GB
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341 uint16, int16: 4GB
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342 uint8, int8: 2GB
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343 @end group
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344 @end example
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348 (signed 32-bit integer, corresponding to the size of a Fortran INTEGER
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349 value).
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351 Trying to create larger arrays will produce the following error:
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353 @example
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354 @group
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355 octave:1> a = zeros (1024*1024*1024*3, 1, 'int8');
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356 error: memory exhausted or requested size too large
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357 for range of Octave's index type --
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359 @end group
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360 @end example
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362 @noindent
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363 You will obtain this error even if your system has enough memory to
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364 create this array (4 GB in the above case).
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366 To use arrays larger than 2 GB, Octave has to be configured with the
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367 option @option{--enable-64}. This option is experimental and you are
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369 option, Octave will use 64-bit integers internally for array dimensions
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371 @strong{also} need to use 64-bit integers for array dimensions and
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372 indexing. In most cases, this means they will need to be compiled from
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374 compile them with the default Fortran integer size, which is normally
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377 The following instructions were tested with the development version of
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378 Octave and GCC 4.3.4 on an x86_64 Debian system.
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380 The versions listed below are the versions used for testing. If newer
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381 versions of these packages are available, you should try to use them,
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384 All libraries and header files will be installed in subdirectories of
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385 @code{$prefix64} (you must choose the location of this directory).
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387 @itemize @bullet
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388 @item @sc{blas} and @sc{lapack} (@url{http://www.netlib.org/lapack})
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390 Reference versions for both libraries are included in the reference
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391 @sc{lapack} 3.2.1 distribution from @url{netlib.org}.
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394 @item
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395 Copy the file @file{make.inc.example} and name it @file{make.inc}.
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396 The options @option{-fdefault-integer-8} and @option{-fPIC} (on 64-bit
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397 CPU) have to be added to the variable @code{OPTS} and @code{NOOPT}.
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400 Once you have compiled this library make sure that you use it for
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401 compiling Suite Sparse and Octave. In the following we assume that
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405 @item @sc{arpack} (@url{http://www.caam.rice.edu/software/ARPACK})
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407 @itemize @minus
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408 @item
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409 In @file{ARmake.inc} set the following variables:
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411 @example
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412 @group
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413 home=path to directory @sc{arpack}
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414 FC=gfortran
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415 FFLAGS=-fPIC -fdefault-integer-8
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416 MAKE=/usr/bin/make
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417 ARPACKLIB=$(home)/libarpack.a
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418 DIRS=$(UTILdir) $(SRCdir)
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419 @end group
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420 @end example
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422 @item
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423 Edit the file @file{UTIL/second.f} and change the line
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425 @example
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426 EXTERNAL ETIME
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427 @end example
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429 @noindent
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430 to
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432 @example
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433 INTRINSIC ETIME
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434 @end example
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436 @item
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439 @example
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440 @group
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441 mkdir tmp
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442 cd tmp
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443 ar x ../libarpack.a
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444 gcc -shared -o ../libarpack.so *.o -L$prefix64/lib \
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445 -llapack -lblas
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446 cd ..
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447 rm -rf tmp
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448 @end group
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449 @end example
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451 @noindent
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452 Copy the library @file{libarpack.so} to @file{$prefix64/lib/libarpack.a}.
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453 @end itemize
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455 @item QRUPDATE (@url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/qrupdate})
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457 In the @file{Makeconf} file:
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459 @itemize @minus
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460 @item
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461 Add @option{-fdefault-integer-8} to @env{FFLAGS}.
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463 @item
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464 Adjust the @sc{blas} and @sc{lapack} variables as needed if your 64-bit
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465 aware @sc{blas} and @sc{lapack} libraries are in a non-standard
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466 location.
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468 @item
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469 Set @env{PREFIX} to the top-level directory of your install tree.
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471 @item
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472 Run @code{make solib} to make a shared library.
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474 @item
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475 Run @code{make install} to install the library.
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476 @end itemize
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478 @item
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479 SuiteSparse (@url{http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/SuiteSparse})
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481 @itemize @minus
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482 @item
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483 In @file{UFconfig/UFconfig.mk} use the following options for
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484 @env{CFLAGS} and @env{F77FLAGS}:
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486 @example
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487 @group
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488 CC = gcc
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489 CFLAGS = -fPIC -O -DLP64 -DLONGBLAS='long int' -DLONG='long int'
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490 F77 = gfortran
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491 F77FLAGS = -fPIC -O -fdefault-integer-8
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492 BLAS = -L$BLAS/lib -lblas -lgfortran"
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493 LAPACK = -L$LAPACK/lib -llapack"
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494 @end group
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495 @end example
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497 @item
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498 Disable the GPL-incompatible @code{METIS} library:
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500 @example
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501 @group
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502 CHOLMOD_CONFIG = -DNPARTITION
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503 SPQR_CONFIG = -DNPARTITION
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504 METIS_PATH =
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505 METIS =
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506 @end group
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507 @end example
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513 @example
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514 OBJ = $(DL)
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515 @end example
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517 @noindent
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520 @item
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521 Disable the @code{DI} versions of the @code{CHOLMOD} tests by commenting
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524 @example
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525 @group
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526 ./cholmod_demo < Matrix/bcsstk01.tri
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527 ./cholmod_demo < Matrix/lp_afiro.tri
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528 ./cholmod_demo < Matrix/can___24.mtx
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529 ./cholmod_demo < Matrix/c.tri
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530 ./cholmod_simple < Matrix/c.tri
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531 ./cholmod_simple < Matrix/can___24.mtx
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532 ./cholmod_simple < Matrix/bcsstk01.tri
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533 @end group
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534 @end example
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536 @item
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537 Run @command{make} to build the libraries.
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539 @item
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540 The SuiteSparse @file{Makefile} does not have an install target so
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541 you must install the files by hand:
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543 @example
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544 @group
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545 mkdir $prefix64/include/suitesparse
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546 cp UFconfig/UFconfig.h $prefix64/include/suitesparse
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547 for d in AMD BTF CAMD CCOLAMD \
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548 CHOLMOD COLAMD CXSparse UMFPACK; do
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549 cp $d/Lib/lib*a $prefix64/lib
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550 cp $d/Include/*h $prefix64/include/suitesparse
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551 done
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552 @end group
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553 @end example
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555 @item
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556 You can generate shared versions of these libraries by doing the
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557 following in the @file{$prefix64/lib} directory:
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558
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559 @example
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560 @group
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561 top=$(pwd)
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562 for f in *.a; do
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563 mkdir tmp
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564 cd tmp
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565 ar vx ../$f
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566 gcc -shared -o ../$@{f%%.a@}.so *.o
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567 cd $top
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568 rm -rf tmp
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569 done
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570 @end group
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571 @end example
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573 @end itemize
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575 @item ATLAS instead of reference @sc{blas} and @sc{lapack}
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577 Suggestions on how to compile ATLAS would be most welcome.
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578
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579 @item @sc{glpk}
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580
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581 Suggestions on how to compile @sc{glpk} would be most welcome.
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583 @item Qhull (@url{http://www.qhull.org})
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585 Suggestions on how to compile Qhull would be most welcome.
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586
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587 @item Octave
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589 Octave's 64-bit index support is activated with the configure option
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590 @option{--enable-64}.
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591
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592 @example
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593 @group
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594 ./configure \
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595 LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$prefix64/lib" \
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596 CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix64/include" LDFLAGS="-L$prefix64/lib" \
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597 --enable-64
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598 @end group
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599 @end example
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600
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601 You must ensure that all Fortran sources except those in the
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602 @file{libcruft/ranlib} directory are compiled such that INTEGERS are
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603 8-bytes wide. If you are using gfortan, the configure script should
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604 automatically set the Makefile variable @code{F77_INTEGER_8_FLAG} to
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605 @option{-fdefault-integer-8}. If you are using another compiler, you
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606 must set this variable yourself. You should NOT set this flag in
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607 @env{FFLAGS}, otherwise the files in @file{libcruft/ranlib} will be
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608 miscompiled.
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609
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610 @item Other dependencies
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611
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612 Probably nothing special needs to be done for the following
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613 dependencies. If you discover that something does need to be done,
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614 please submit a bug report.
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615
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616 @itemize @minus
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617 @item pcre or regex
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619 @item zlib
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621 @item hdf5
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623 @item fftw3
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625 @item cURL
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627 @item GraphicsMagick++
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629 @item OpenGL
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631 @item freetype
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633 @item fontconfig
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635 @item fltk
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636 @end itemize
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638 @end itemize
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639
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640 @node Installation Problems
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641 @appendixsec Installation Problems
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642
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643 This section contains a list of problems (and some apparent problems
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644 that don't really mean anything is wrong) that may show up during
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645 installation of Octave.
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646
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647 @itemize @bullet
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648 @item
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650 @w{@code{HAVE_TERMIOS_H}} is defined in @file{config.h}. Simply
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651 removing the definition from @file{info/config.h} should allow it to
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652 compile.
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654 @item
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655 If @code{configure} finds @code{dlopen}, @code{dlsym}, @code{dlclose},
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656 and @code{dlerror}, but not the header file @file{dlfcn.h}, you need to
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657 find the source for the header file and install it in the directory
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658 @file{usr/include}. This is reportedly a problem with Slackware 3.1.
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659 For Linux/GNU systems, the source for @file{dlfcn.h} is in the
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660 @code{ldso} package.
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661
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662 @item
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663 Building @file{.oct} files doesn't work.
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664
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665 You should probably have a shared version of @code{libstdc++}. A patch
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666 is needed to build shared versions of version 2.7.2 of @code{libstdc++}
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667 on the HP-PA architecture. You can find the patch at
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668 @url{ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/g++/libg++-2.7.2-hppa-gcc-fix}.
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670 @item
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671 On some DEC alpha systems there may be a problem with the @code{libdxml}
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672 library, resulting in floating point errors and/or segmentation faults
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673 in the linear algebra routines called by Octave. If you encounter such
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674 problems, then you should modify the configure script so that
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675 @w{@code{SPECIAL_MATH_LIB}} is not set to @code{-ldxml}.
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677 @item
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678 On FreeBSD systems Octave may hang while initializing some internal
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679 constants. The fix appears to be to use
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680
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681 @example
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682 options GPL_MATH_EMULATE
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683 @end example
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684
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685 @noindent
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686 rather than
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687
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688 @example
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689 options MATH_EMULATE
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690 @end example
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691
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692 @noindent
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693 in the kernel configuration files (typically found in the directory
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694 @file{/sys/i386/conf}. After making this change, you'll need to rebuild
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695 the kernel, install it, and reboot.
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696
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697 @item
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698 If you encounter errors like
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699
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700 @example
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701 @group
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702 passing `void (*)()' as argument 2 of
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703 `octave_set_signal_handler(int, void (*)(int))'
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704 @end group
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705 @end example
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706
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707 @noindent
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708 or
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709
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710 @example
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711 @group
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712 warning: ANSI C++ prohibits conversion from `(int)'
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713 to `(@dots{})'
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714 @end group
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715 @end example
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716
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717 @noindent
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718 while compiling @file{sighandlers.cc}, you may need to edit some files
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719 in the @code{gcc} include subdirectory to add proper prototypes for
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720 functions there. For example, Ultrix 4.2 needs proper declarations for
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721 the @code{signal} function and the @w{@code{SIG_IGN}} macro in the file
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722 @file{signal.h}.
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723
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724 On some systems the @w{@code{SIG_IGN}} macro is defined to be something
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725 like this:
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726
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727 @example
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728 #define SIG_IGN (void (*)())1
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729 @end example
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730
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731 @noindent
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732 when it should really be something like:
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733
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734 @example
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735 #define SIG_IGN (void (*)(int))1
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736 @end example
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737
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738 @noindent
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739 to match the prototype declaration for the @code{signal} function. This
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740 change should also be made for the @w{@code{SIG_DFL}} and
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741 @w{@code{SIG_ERR}} symbols. It may be necessary to change the
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742 definitions in @file{sys/signal.h} as well.
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743
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744 The @code{gcc} @code{fixincludes} and @code{fixproto} scripts should
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745 probably fix these problems when @code{gcc} installs its modified set of
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746 header files, but I don't think that's been done yet.
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747
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748 @strong{You should not change the files in @file{/usr/include}}. You
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749 can find the @code{gcc} include directory tree by running the command
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750
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751 @example
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752 gcc -print-libgcc-file-name
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753 @end example
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754
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755 @noindent
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756 The directory of @code{gcc} include files normally begins in the same
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757 directory that contains the file @file{libgcc.a}.
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758
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759 @item
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760 Some of the Fortran subroutines may fail to compile with older versions
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761 of the Sun Fortran compiler. If you get errors like
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762
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763 @example
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764 @group
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765 zgemm.f:
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766 zgemm:
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767 warning: unexpected parent of complex expression subtree
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768 zgemm.f, line 245: warning: unexpected parent of complex
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769 expression subtree
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770 warning: unexpected parent of complex expression subtree
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771 zgemm.f, line 304: warning: unexpected parent of complex
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772 expression subtree
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773 warning: unexpected parent of complex expression subtree
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774 zgemm.f, line 327: warning: unexpected parent of complex
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775 expression subtree
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776 pcc_binval: missing IR_CONV in complex op
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777 make[2]: *** [zgemm.o] Error 1
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778 @end group
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779 @end example
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780
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781 @noindent
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782 when compiling the Fortran subroutines in the @file{libcruft}
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783 subdirectory, you should either upgrade your compiler or try compiling
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784 with optimization turned off.
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785
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786 @item
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787 On NeXT systems, if you get errors like this:
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788
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789 @example
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790 @group
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791 /usr/tmp/cc007458.s:unknown:Undefined local
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792 symbol LBB7656
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793 /usr/tmp/cc007458.s:unknown:Undefined local
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794 symbol LBE7656
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795 @end group
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796 @end example
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797
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798 @noindent
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799 when compiling @file{Array.cc} and @file{Matrix.cc}, try recompiling
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800 these files without @option{-g}.
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802 @item
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803 Some people have reported that calls to shell_cmd and the pager do not
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805 @w{@code{G_HAVE_SYS_WAIT}} defined to be 0 instead of 1 when compiling
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806 @code{libg++}.
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807
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808 @item
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809 On NeXT systems, linking to @file{libsys_s.a} may fail to resolve the
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810 following functions
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812 @example
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813 @group
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814 _tcgetattr
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815 _tcsetattr
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816 _tcflow
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817 @end group
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818 @end example
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819
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820 @noindent
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821 which are part of @file{libposix.a}. Unfortunately, linking Octave with
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822 @option{-posix} results in the following undefined symbols.
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824 @example
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825 @group
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826 .destructors_used
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827 .constructors_used
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828 _objc_msgSend
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829 _NXGetDefaultValue
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830 _NXRegisterDefaults
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831 .objc_class_name_NXStringTable
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832 .objc_class_name_NXBundle
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833 @end group
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834 @end example
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835
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836 One kluge around this problem is to extract @file{termios.o} from
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837 @file{libposix.a}, put it in Octave's @file{src} directory, and add it
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839 better ways to solve this problem are welcome!
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840
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841 @item
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842 If Octave crashes immediately with a floating point exception, it is
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843 likely that it is failing to initialize the IEEE floating point values
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844 for infinity and NaN.
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845
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846 If your system actually does support IEEE arithmetic, you should be able
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847 to fix this problem by modifying the function @code{octave_ieee_init} in
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848 the file @file{lo-ieee.cc} to correctly initialize Octave's internal
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849 infinity and NaN variables.
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850
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851 If your system does not support IEEE arithmetic but Octave's configure
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852 script incorrectly determined that it does, you can work around the
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853 problem by editing the file @file{config.h} to not define
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854 @w{@code{HAVE_ISINF}}, @w{@code{HAVE_FINITE}}, and
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855 @w{@code{HAVE_ISNAN}}.
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857 In any case, please report this as a bug since it might be possible to
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858 modify Octave's configuration script to automatically determine the
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859 proper thing to do.
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860
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861 @item
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862 If Octave is unable to find a header file because it is installed in a
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863 location that is not normally searched by the compiler, you can add the
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864 directory to the include search path by specifying (for example)
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865 @code{CPPFLAGS=-I/some/nonstandard/directory} as an argument to
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866 @code{configure}. Other variables that can be specified this way are
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867 @env{CFLAGS}, @env{CXXFLAGS}, @env{FFLAGS}, and @env{LDFLAGS}. Passing
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868 them as options to the configure script also records them in the
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869 @file{config.status} file. By default, @env{CPPFLAGS} and @env{LDFLAGS}
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871 @env{FFLAGS} is set to @code{"-O"}.
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873 @end itemize