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