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1 @c Copyright (C) 1996-2012 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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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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15 @c You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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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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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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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
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48 steps. Note that this description applies to Octave releases. Building
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49 the development sources from the Mercurial archive requires additional
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50 steps as described in @ref{Building the Development Sources}.
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52 @menu
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53 * Build Dependencies::
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54 * Running Configure and Make::
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55 * Compiling Octave with 64-bit Indexing::
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56 * Installation Problems::
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57 @end menu
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59 @node Build Dependencies
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60 @section Build Dependencies
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62 Octave is a fairly large program with many build dependencies. You may
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63 be able to find pre-packaged versions of the dependencies distributed as
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64 part of your system, or you may have to build some or all of them
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65 yourself.
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67 @menu
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68 * Obtaining the Dependencies Automatically::
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69 * Build Tools::
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70 * External Packages::
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71 @end menu
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73 @node Obtaining the Dependencies Automatically
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74 @subsection Obtaining the Dependencies Automatically
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76 On some systems you can obtain many of Octave's build dependencies
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79 match exactly the names listed in @ref{Build Tools} and @ref{External
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87 On systems with @code{apt-get} (Debian, Ubuntu, etc.), you may be able
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89 similar to
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91 @example
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92 apt-get build-dep octave
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93 @end example
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95 @noindent
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96 The specific package name may be @code{octave3.2} or @code{octave3.4}.
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97 The set of required tools and external dependencies does not change
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101 On systems with @code{yum} (Fedora, Red Hat, etc.), you may be able to
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104 @example
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105 yum-builddep octave
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106 @end example
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108 @noindent
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111 For either type of system, the package name may include a version
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112 number. The set of required tools and external dependencies does not
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114 the version you are installing, but you should use the most recent one
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115 available.
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117 @node Build Tools
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118 @subsection Build Tools
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120 The following tools are required:
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122 @table @asis
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123 @item C++, C, and Fortran compilers
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124 The Octave sources are primarily written in C++, but some portions are
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125 also written in C and Fortran. The Octave sources are intended to be
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126 portable. Recent versions of the GNU compiler collection (GCC) should
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127 work (@url{http://gcc.gnu.org}). If you use GCC, you should avoid
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128 mixing versions. For example, be sure that you are not using the
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129 obsolete @code{g77} Fortran compiler with modern versions of @code{gcc}
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130 and @code{g++}.
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132 @item GNU Make
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133 Tool for building software (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/make}).
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134 Octave's build system requires GNU Make. Other versions of Make will
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135 not work. Fortunately, GNU Make is highly portable and easy to install.
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137 @item AWK, sed, and other Unix utilities
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138 Basic Unix system utilities are required for building Octave. All will
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139 be available with any modern Unix system and also on Windows with either
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140 Cygwin or MinGW and MSYS.
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141 @end table
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143 Additionally, the following tools may be needed:
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144
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145 @table @asis
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146 @item Bison
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149 if you delete the files that are generated from it.
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150
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151 @item Flex
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152 Lexer analyzer (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/flex}). You will need
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153 Flex if you modify the @code{lex.ll} source file or if you delete the
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154 files that are generated from it.
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155
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156 @item Autoconf
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157 Package for software configuration
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158 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf}). Autoconf is required if
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159 you modify Octave's @code{configure.ac} file or other files that it
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160 requires.
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161
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162 @item Automake
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163 Package for Makefile generation
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164 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/automake}). Automake is required if
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165 you modify Octave's @code{Makefile.am} files or other files that they
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166 depend on.
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167
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168 @item Libtool
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169 Package for building software libraries
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170 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool}). Libtool is required by
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171 Automake.
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172 @end table
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174 @node External Packages
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175 @subsection External Packages
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177 The following external packages are required:
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179 @table @asis
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180 @item BLAS
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181 Basic Linear Algebra Subroutine library
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182 (@url{http://www.netlib.org/blas}). Accelerated BLAS libraries such as
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183 ATLAS (@url{http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net}) are recommeded for
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184 better performance.
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186 @item LAPACK
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187 Linear Algebra Package (@url{http://www.netlib.org/lapack}).
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189 @item PCRE
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190 The Perl Compatible Regular Expression library (http://www.pcre.org).
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191 @end table
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193 The following external package is optional but strongly recommended:
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195 @table @asis
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196 @item GNU Readline
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197 Command-line editing library (@url{www.gnu.org/s/readline}).
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198 @end table
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200 If you wish to build Octave without GNU readline installed, you must use
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201 the @option{--disable-readline} option when running the configure script.
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203 The following external software packages are optional but recommended:
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205 @table @asis
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206 @item ARPACK
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207 Library for the solution of large-scale eigenvalue problems
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208 (@url{http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/arpack-ng}). ARPACK is
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209 required to provide the functions @code{eigs} and @code{svds}.
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210
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211 @item cURL
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212 Library for transferring data with URL syntax
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213 (@url{http://curl.haxx.se}). cURL is required to provide the
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214 @code{urlread} and @code{urlwrite} functions and the @code{ftp} class.
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215
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216 @item FFTW3
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217 Library for computing discrete Fourier transforms
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218 (@url{http://www.fftw.org}). FFTW3 is used to provide better
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219 performance for functions that compute discrete Fourier transforms
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220 (@code{fft}, @code{ifft}, @code{fft2}, etc.)
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221
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222 @item FLTK
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223 Portable GUI toolkit (@url{http://www.fltk.org}). FLTK is currently
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224 used to provide windows for Octave's OpenGL-based graphics functions.
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225
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226 @item fontconfig
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227 Library for configuring and customizing font access
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228 (@url{http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig}). Fontconfig
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229 is used to manage fonts for Octave's OpenGL-based graphics functions.
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230
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231 @item FreeType
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232 Portable font engine (@url{http://www.freetype.org}). FreeType is used
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233 to perform font rendering for Octave's OpenGL-based graphics functions.
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234
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235 @item GLPK
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236 GNU Linear Programming Kit (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/glpk}).
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237 GPLK is required for the function @code{glpk}.
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238
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239 @item gnuplot
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240 Interactive graphics program (@url{http://www.gnuplot.info}). gnuplot
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242
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243 @item GraphicsMagick++
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244 Image processing library (@url{http://www.graphicsmagick.org}).
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245 GraphicsMagick++ is used to provide the @code{imread} and @code{imwrite}
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246 functions.
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247
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248 @item HDF5
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249 Library for manipulating portable data files
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250 (@url{http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5}). HDF5 is required for Octave's
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251 @code{load} and @code{save} commands to read and write HDF data files.
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253 @item LLVM
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254 Compiler framework, (@url{http://www.llvm.org}). LLVM is required for
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255 Octave's experimental just-in-time (JIT) compilation for speeding up the
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256 interpreter.
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258 @item OpenGL
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259 API for portable 2-D and 3-D graphics (@url{http://www.opengl.org}). An
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260 OpenGL implementation is required to provide Octave's OpenGL-based
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261 graphics functions. Octave's OpenGL-based graphics functions usually
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262 outperform the gnuplot-based graphics functions because plot data can be
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263 rendered directly instead of sending data and commands to gnuplot for
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264 interpretation and rendering.
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267 Computational geometry library (@url{http://www.qhull.org}). Qhull is
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269 @code{delaunay}, @code{delaunay3}, @code{delaunayn}, @code{voronoi}, and
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270 @code{voronoin}.
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273 QR factorization updating library
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274 (@url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/qrupdate}). QRUPDATE is used to
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276 @code{qrinsert}, @code{qrshift}, and @code{qrupdate}.
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278 @item SuiteSparse
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279 Sparse matrix factorization library
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281 SuiteSparse is required to provide sparse matrix factorizations and
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282 solution of linear equations for sparse systems.
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284 @item zlib
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285 Data compression library (@url{http://zlib.net}). The zlib library is
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290 @node Running Configure and Make
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291 @section Running Configure and Make
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294 @item
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295 Run the shell script @file{configure}. This will determine the features
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303 @item --help
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304 Print a summary of the options recognized by the configure script.
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306 @item --prefix=@var{prefix}
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307 Install Octave in subdirectories below @var{prefix}. The default value
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313 @item --enable-64
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314 This is an @strong{experimental} option to enable Octave to use 64-bit
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318 about building Octave with this option.
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320 @item --enable-bounds-check
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321 Enable bounds checking for indexing operators in the internal array
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322 classes. This option is primarily used for debugging Octave. Building
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323 Octave with this option has a negative impact on performance and is not
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324 recommended for general use.
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326 @item --disable-docs
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327 Disable building all forms of the documentation (Info, PDF, HTML). The
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329 Texinfo and @TeX{} installs for this to succeed.
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335 @item --enable-readline
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337 terminal environments. This option is on by default.
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339 @item --enable-shared
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340 Create shared libraries (this is the default). If you are planning to
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341 use the dynamic loading features, you will probably want to use this
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342 option. It will make your @file{.oct} files much smaller and on some
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343 systems it may be necessary to build shared libraries in order to use
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344 dynamically linked functions.
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347 system doesn't already have one.
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349 @item --enable-dl
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350 Use @code{dlopen} and friends to make Octave capable of dynamically
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352 @option{--enable-shared} is specified). This option only works on
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353 systems that actually have these functions. If you plan on using this
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354 feature, you should probably also use @option{--enable-shared} to reduce
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355 the size of your @file{.oct} files.
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357 @item --with-blas=<lib>
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358 By default, configure looks for the best @sc{blas} matrix libraries on
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359 your system, including optimized implementations such as the free ATLAS
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360 3.0, as well as vendor-tuned libraries. (The use of an optimized
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361 @sc{blas} will generally result in several-times faster matrix
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363 that Octave should use.
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365 @item --with-lapack=<lib>
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366 By default, configure looks for the best @sc{lapack} matrix libraries on
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371 library that Octave should use.
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373 @item --with-magick=<lib>
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374 Select the library to use for image I/O@. The two possible values are
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375 "GraphicsMagick" (default) or "ImageMagick".
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377 @item --with-sepchar=<char>
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378 Use <char> as the path separation character. This option can help when
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379 running Octave on non-Unix systems.
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381 @item --without-amd
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382 Don't use @sc{amd}, disable some sparse matrix functionality.
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387 @item --without-colamd
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388 Don't use @sc{colamd}, disable some sparse matrix functionality.
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391 Don't use @sc{ccolamd}, disable some sparse matrix functionality.
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393 @item --without-cholmod
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394 Don't use @sc{cholmod}, disable some sparse matrix functionality.
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409 Transforms instead of the @sc{fftw3} library when operating on single
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420 Don't use OpenGL, disable native graphics toolkit for plotting. You
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424 Don't use Qhull, disable @code{delaunay}, @code{convhull}, and
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425 related functions.
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428 Don't use @sc{qrupdate}, disable QR and Cholesky update functions.
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430 @item --without-umfpack
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431 Don't use @sc{umfpack}, disable some sparse matrix functionality.
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433 @item --without-zlib
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434 Don't use the zlib library, disable data file compression and support
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435 for recent MAT file formats.
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438 Don't use framework Carbon headers, libraries, or specific source code
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440 framework if available). This is a platform specific configure option
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443 @item --without-framework-opengl
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444 Don't use framework OpenGL headers, libraries, or specific source code
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445 even if the configure test succeeds. If this option is given then
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446 OpenGL headers and libraries in standard system locations are tested
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447 (the default value is @option{--with-framework-opengl}). This is a
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448 platform specific configure option for Mac systems.
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450 @end table
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452 See the file @file{INSTALL} for more general information about the
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454 instructions for compiling in a directory other than the one where
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455 the source is located.
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457 @item
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458 Run make.
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460 You will need a recent version of GNU Make as Octave relies on certain
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461 features not generally available in all versions of make. Modifying
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462 Octave's makefiles to work with other make programs is probably not
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463 worth your time; instead, we simply recommend installing GNU Make.
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465 There are currently two options for plotting in Octave: (1) the external
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466 program gnuplot, or (2) the internal graphics engine using OpenGL and
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467 FLTK@. Gnuplot is a command-driven interactive function plotting
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468 program. Gnuplot is copyrighted, but freely distributable. As of
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469 Octave release 3.4, gnuplot is the default option for plotting. But,
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470 the internal graphics engine is nearly 100% compatible, certainly for
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471 most ordinary plots, and users are encouraged to test it. It is
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472 anticipated that the internal engine will become the default option at
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473 the next major release of Octave.
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475 To compile Octave, you will need a recent version of @code{g++} or other
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476 ANSI C++ compiler. In addition, you will need a Fortran 77 compiler or
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477 @code{f2c}. If you use @code{f2c}, you will need a script like
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478 @code{fort77} that works like a normal Fortran compiler by combining
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479 @code{f2c} with your C compiler in a single script.
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481 If you plan to modify the parser you will also need GNU @code{bison} and
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482 @code{flex}. If you modify the documentation, you will need GNU
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483 Texinfo.
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485 GNU Make, @code{gcc} (and @code{libstdc++}), @code{gnuplot},
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486 @code{bison}, @code{flex}, and Texinfo are all available from many
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487 anonymous ftp archives. The primary site is @url{ftp.gnu.org}, but it
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488 is often very busy. A list of sites that mirror the software on
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489 @url{ftp.gnu.org} is available by anonymous ftp from
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490 @url{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP}.
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492 Octave requires approximately 1.4 GB of disk storage to unpack and
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493 compile from source (significantly less, 400 MB, if you don't compile
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494 with debugging symbols). To compile without debugging symbols try the
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495 command
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497 @example
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498 make CFLAGS=-O CXXFLAGS=-O LDFLAGS=
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499 @end example
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504 @item
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505 If you encounter errors while compiling Octave, first check the list of
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506 known problems below to see if there is a workaround or solution for
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507 your problem. If not,
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508 @ifclear INSTALLONLY
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509 see @ref{Trouble},
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510 @end ifclear
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511 @ifset INSTALLONLY
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512 see the file BUGS
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513 @end ifset
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514 for information about how to report bugs.
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519 This will install a copy of Octave, its libraries, and its documentation
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520 in the destination directory. As distributed, Octave is installed in
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521 the following directories. In the table below, @var{prefix} defaults to
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522 @file{/usr/local}, @var{version} stands for the current version number
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523 of the interpreter, and @var{arch} is the type of computer on which
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524 Octave is installed (for example, @samp{i586-unknown-gnu}).
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526 @table @file
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527 @item @var{prefix}/bin
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528 Octave and other binaries that people will want to run directly.
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530 @item @var{prefix}/lib/octave-@var{version}
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531 Libraries like libcruft.a and liboctave.a.
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534 Include files distributed with Octave.
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536 @item @var{prefix}/share
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537 Architecture-independent data files.
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539 @item @var{prefix}/share/man/man1
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540 Unix-style man pages describing Octave.
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542 @item @var{prefix}/share/info
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543 Info files describing Octave.
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545 @item @var{prefix}/share/octave/@var{version}/m
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546 Function files distributed with Octave. This includes the Octave
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547 version, so that multiple versions of Octave may be installed at the
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548 same time.
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550 @item @var{prefix}/libexec/octave/@var{version}/exec/@var{arch}
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551 Executables to be run by Octave rather than the user.
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553 @item @var{prefix}/lib/octave/@var{version}/oct/@var{arch}
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554 Object files that will be dynamically loaded.
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556 @item @var{prefix}/share/octave/@var{version}/imagelib
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557 Image files that are distributed with Octave.
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558 @end table
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561 @node Compiling Octave with 64-bit Indexing
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562 @section Compiling Octave with 64-bit Indexing
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564 Note: the following only applies to systems that have 64-bit pointers.
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565 Configuring Octave with @option{--enable-64} cannot magically make a
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566 32-bit system have a 64-bit address space.
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568 On 64-bit systems, Octave is limited to (approximately) the following
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569 array sizes when using the default 32-bit indexing mode:
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571 @example
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572 @group
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573 double: 16GB
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574 single: 8GB
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575 uint64, int64: 16GB
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576 uint32, int32: 8GB
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577 uint16, int16: 4GB
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578 uint8, int8: 2GB
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579 @end group
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580 @end example
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582 In each case, the limit is really (approximately) @math{2^{31}} elements
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584 (signed 32-bit integer, corresponding to the size of a Fortran INTEGER
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585 value).
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587 Trying to create larger arrays will produce the following error:
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589 @example
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590 @group
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591 octave:1> a = zeros (1024*1024*1024*3, 1, 'int8');
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592 error: memory exhausted or requested size too large
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593 for range of Octave's index type --
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594 trying to return to prompt
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595 @end group
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596 @end example
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598 @noindent
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599 You will obtain this error even if your system has enough memory to
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600 create this array (4 GB in the above case).
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602 To use arrays larger than 2 GB, Octave has to be configured with the
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603 option @option{--enable-64}. This option is experimental and you are
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605 option, Octave will use 64-bit integers internally for array dimensions
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606 and indexing. However, all numerical libraries used by Octave will
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607 @strong{also} need to use 64-bit integers for array dimensions and
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608 indexing. In most cases, this means they will need to be compiled from
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609 source since most (all?) distributions which package these libraries
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610 compile them with the default Fortran integer size, which is normally
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611 32-bits wide.
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613 The following instructions were tested with the development version of
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614 Octave and GCC 4.3.4 on an x86_64 Debian system.
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616 The versions listed below are the versions used for testing. If newer
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617 versions of these packages are available, you should try to use them,
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618 although there may be some differences.
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620 All libraries and header files will be installed in subdirectories of
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621 @code{$prefix64} (you must choose the location of this directory).
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623 @itemize @bullet
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624 @item @sc{blas} and @sc{lapack} (@url{http://www.netlib.org/lapack})
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626 Reference versions for both libraries are included in the reference
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627 @sc{lapack} 3.2.1 distribution from @url{netlib.org}.
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629 @itemize @minus
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630 @item
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631 Copy the file @file{make.inc.example} and name it @file{make.inc}.
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632 The options @option{-fdefault-integer-8} and @option{-fPIC} (on 64-bit
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633 CPU) have to be added to the variable @code{OPTS} and @code{NOOPT}.
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635 @item
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636 Once you have compiled this library make sure that you use it for
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637 compiling Suite Sparse and Octave. In the following we assume that
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638 you installed the @sc{lapack} library as $prefix64/lib/liblapack.a.
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639 @end itemize
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641 @item QRUPDATE (@url{http://sourceforge.net/projects/qrupdate})
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643 In the @file{Makeconf} file:
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645 @itemize @minus
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646 @item
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647 Add @option{-fdefault-integer-8} to @env{FFLAGS}.
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649 @item
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650 Adjust the @sc{blas} and @sc{lapack} variables as needed if your 64-bit
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651 aware @sc{blas} and @sc{lapack} libraries are in a non-standard
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652 location.
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654 @item
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655 Set @env{PREFIX} to the top-level directory of your install tree.
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657 @item
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658 Run @code{make solib} to make a shared library.
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660 @item
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661 Run @code{make install} to install the library.
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662 @end itemize
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664 @item
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665 SuiteSparse (@url{http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/SuiteSparse})
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667 @itemize @minus
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668 @item
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670 @env{CFLAGS} and @env{F77FLAGS}:
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672 @example
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673 @group
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674 CC = gcc
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675 CFLAGS = -fPIC -O -DLP64 -DLONGBLAS='long int' -DLONG='long int'
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676 F77 = gfortran
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677 F77FLAGS = -fPIC -O -fdefault-integer-8
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678 BLAS = -L$BLAS/lib -lblas -lgfortran"
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679 LAPACK = -L$LAPACK/lib -llapack"
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680 @end group
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681 @end example
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682
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683 @item
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684 Disable the GPL-incompatible @code{METIS} library:
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685
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686 @example
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687 @group
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688 CHOLMOD_CONFIG = -DNPARTITION
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689 SPQR_CONFIG = -DNPARTITION
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690 METIS_PATH =
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691 METIS =
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692 @end group
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693 @end example
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694
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695 @item
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696 Disable the @code{DI} versions of the @code{CHOLMOD} library files by
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697 setting
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698
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699 @example
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700 OBJ = $(DL)
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701 @end example
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702
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703 @noindent
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704 in @file{CHOLMOD/Lib/Makefile}.
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705
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706 @item
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707 Disable the @code{DI} versions of the @code{CHOLMOD} tests by commenting
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708 out or deleting the following lines in @file{CHOLMOD/Demo/Makefile}:
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709
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710 @example
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711 @group
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712 ./cholmod_demo < Matrix/bcsstk01.tri
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713 ./cholmod_demo < Matrix/lp_afiro.tri
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714 ./cholmod_demo < Matrix/can___24.mtx
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715 ./cholmod_demo < Matrix/c.tri
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716 ./cholmod_simple < Matrix/c.tri
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717 ./cholmod_simple < Matrix/can___24.mtx
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718 ./cholmod_simple < Matrix/bcsstk01.tri
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719 @end group
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720 @end example
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721
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722 @item
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723 Run @command{make} to build the libraries.
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724
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725 @item
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726 The SuiteSparse @file{Makefile} does not have an install target so
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727 you must install the files by hand:
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728
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729 @example
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730 @group
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731 mkdir $prefix64/include/suitesparse
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732 cp UFconfig/UFconfig.h $prefix64/include/suitesparse
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733 for d in AMD BTF CAMD CCOLAMD \
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734 CHOLMOD COLAMD CXSparse UMFPACK; do
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735 cp $d/Lib/lib*a $prefix64/lib
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736 cp $d/Include/*h $prefix64/include/suitesparse
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737 done
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738 @end group
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739 @end example
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740
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741 @item
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742 You can generate shared versions of these libraries by doing the
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743 following in the @file{$prefix64/lib} directory:
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744
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745 @example
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746 @group
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747 top=$(pwd)
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748 for f in *.a; do
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749 mkdir tmp
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750 cd tmp
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751 ar vx ../$f
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752 gcc -shared -o ../$@{f%%.a@}.so *.o
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753 cd $top
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754 rm -rf tmp
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755 done
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756 @end group
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757 @end example
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758
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759 @end itemize
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760
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761 @item ATLAS instead of reference @sc{blas} and @sc{lapack}
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762
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763 Suggestions on how to compile ATLAS would be most welcome.
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764
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765 @item @sc{glpk}
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766
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767 Suggestions on how to compile @sc{glpk} would be most welcome.
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768
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769 @item Qhull (@url{http://www.qhull.org})
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770
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771 Suggestions on how to compile Qhull would be most welcome.
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773 @item Octave
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774
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775 Octave's 64-bit index support is activated with the configure option
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776 @option{--enable-64}.
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777
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778 @example
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779 @group
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780 ./configure \
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781 LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$prefix64/lib" \
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782 CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix64/include" LDFLAGS="-L$prefix64/lib" \
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783 --enable-64
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784 @end group
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785 @end example
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786
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787 You must ensure that all Fortran sources except those in the
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788 @file{libcruft/ranlib} directory are compiled such that INTEGERS are
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789 8-bytes wide. If you are using gfortan, the configure script should
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790 automatically set the Makefile variable @w{@env{F77_INTEGER_8_FLAG}} to
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791 @option{-fdefault-integer-8}. If you are using another compiler, you
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792 must set this variable yourself. You should NOT set this flag in
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793 @env{FFLAGS}, otherwise the files in @file{libcruft/ranlib} will be
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794 miscompiled.
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795
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796 @item Other dependencies
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798 Probably nothing special needs to be done for the following
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799 dependencies. If you discover that something does need to be done,
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800 please submit a bug report.
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801
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802 @itemize @minus
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803 @item pcre
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804
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805 @item zlib
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806
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807 @item hdf5
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808
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809 @item fftw3
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810
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811 @item cURL
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812
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813 @item GraphicsMagick++
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814
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815 @item OpenGL
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816
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817 @item freetype
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818
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819 @item fontconfig
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820
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821 @item fltk
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822 @end itemize
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823
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824 @end itemize
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825
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826 @node Installation Problems
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827 @section Installation Problems
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828
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829 This section contains a list of problems (and some apparent problems
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830 that don't really mean anything is wrong) that may show up during
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831 installation of Octave.
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832
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833 @itemize @bullet
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834 @item
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835 On some SCO systems, @code{info} fails to compile if
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836 @w{@code{HAVE_TERMIOS_H}} is defined in @file{config.h}. Simply
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837 removing the definition from @file{info/config.h} should allow it to
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838 compile.
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839
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840 @item
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841 If @code{configure} finds @code{dlopen}, @code{dlsym}, @code{dlclose},
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842 and @code{dlerror}, but not the header file @file{dlfcn.h}, you need to
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843 find the source for the header file and install it in the directory
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844 @file{usr/include}. This is reportedly a problem with Slackware 3.1.
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845 For Linux/GNU systems, the source for @file{dlfcn.h} is in the
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846 @code{ldso} package.
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847
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848 @item
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849 Building @file{.oct} files doesn't work.
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850
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851 You should probably have a shared version of @code{libstdc++}. A patch
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852 is needed to build shared versions of version 2.7.2 of @code{libstdc++}
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853 on the HP-PA architecture. You can find the patch at
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854 @url{ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/g++/libg++-2.7.2-hppa-gcc-fix}.
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855
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856 @item
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857 On some DEC alpha systems there may be a problem with the @code{libdxml}
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858 library, resulting in floating point errors and/or segmentation faults
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859 in the linear algebra routines called by Octave. If you encounter such
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860 problems, then you should modify the configure script so that
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861 @w{@code{SPECIAL_MATH_LIB}} is not set to @code{-ldxml}.
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862
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863 @item
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864 On FreeBSD systems Octave may hang while initializing some internal
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865 constants. The fix appears to be to use
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866
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867 @example
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868 options GPL_MATH_EMULATE
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869 @end example
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870
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871 @noindent
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872 rather than
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873
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874 @example
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875 options MATH_EMULATE
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876 @end example
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877
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878 @noindent
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879 in the kernel configuration files (typically found in the directory
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880 @file{/sys/i386/conf}. After making this change, you'll need to rebuild
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881 the kernel, install it, and reboot.
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882
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883 @item
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884 If you encounter errors like
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885
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886 @example
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887 @group
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888 passing `void (*)()' as argument 2 of
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889 `octave_set_signal_handler(int, void (*)(int))'
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890 @end group
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891 @end example
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892
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893 @noindent
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894 or
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895
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896 @example
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897 @group
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898 warning: ANSI C++ prohibits conversion from `(int)'
9209
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899 to `(@dots{})'
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900 @end group
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901 @end example
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902
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903 @noindent
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904 while compiling @file{sighandlers.cc}, you may need to edit some files
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905 in the @code{gcc} include subdirectory to add proper prototypes for
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906 functions there. For example, Ultrix 4.2 needs proper declarations for
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907 the @code{signal} function and the @w{@code{SIG_IGN}} macro in the file
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908 @file{signal.h}.
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909
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910 On some systems the @w{@code{SIG_IGN}} macro is defined to be something
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911 like this:
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912
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913 @example
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914 #define SIG_IGN (void (*)())1
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915 @end example
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916
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917 @noindent
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918 when it should really be something like:
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919
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920 @example
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921 #define SIG_IGN (void (*)(int))1
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922 @end example
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923
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924 @noindent
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926 change should also be made for the @w{@code{SIG_DFL}} and
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927 @w{@code{SIG_ERR}} symbols. It may be necessary to change the
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928 definitions in @file{sys/signal.h} as well.
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929
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930 The @code{gcc} @code{fixincludes} and @code{fixproto} scripts should
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931 probably fix these problems when @code{gcc} installs its modified set of
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932 header files, but I don't think that's been done yet.
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933
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934 @strong{You should not change the files in @file{/usr/include}}. You
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935 can find the @code{gcc} include directory tree by running the command
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936
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937 @example
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938 gcc -print-libgcc-file-name
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939 @end example
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940
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941 @noindent
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942 The directory of @code{gcc} include files normally begins in the same
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943 directory that contains the file @file{libgcc.a}.
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944
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945 @item
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946 Some of the Fortran subroutines may fail to compile with older versions
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947 of the Sun Fortran compiler. If you get errors like
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948
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949 @example
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950 @group
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951 zgemm.f:
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952 zgemm:
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953 warning: unexpected parent of complex expression subtree
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954 zgemm.f, line 245: warning: unexpected parent of complex
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955 expression subtree
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956 warning: unexpected parent of complex expression subtree
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957 zgemm.f, line 304: warning: unexpected parent of complex
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958 expression subtree
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959 warning: unexpected parent of complex expression subtree
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960 zgemm.f, line 327: warning: unexpected parent of complex
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961 expression subtree
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962 pcc_binval: missing IR_CONV in complex op
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963 make[2]: *** [zgemm.o] Error 1
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964 @end group
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965 @end example
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966
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967 @noindent
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968 when compiling the Fortran subroutines in the @file{libcruft}
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969 subdirectory, you should either upgrade your compiler or try compiling
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970 with optimization turned off.
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971
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972 @item
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973 On NeXT systems, if you get errors like this:
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974
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975 @example
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976 @group
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977 /usr/tmp/cc007458.s:unknown:Undefined local
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978 symbol LBB7656
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979 /usr/tmp/cc007458.s:unknown:Undefined local
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980 symbol LBE7656
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981 @end group
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982 @end example
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983
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984 @noindent
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985 when compiling @file{Array.cc} and @file{Matrix.cc}, try recompiling
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986 these files without @option{-g}.
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987
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988 @item
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989 Some people have reported that calls to system() and the pager do not
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990 work on SunOS systems. This is apparently due to having
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991 @w{@code{G_HAVE_SYS_WAIT}} defined to be 0 instead of 1 when compiling
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992 @code{libg++}.
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993
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994 @item
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995 On NeXT systems, linking to @file{libsys_s.a} may fail to resolve the
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996 following functions
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997
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998 @example
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999 @group
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1000 _tcgetattr
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1001 _tcsetattr
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1002 _tcflow
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1003 @end group
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1004 @end example
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1005
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1006 @noindent
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1007 which are part of @file{libposix.a}. Unfortunately, linking Octave with
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1008 @option{-posix} results in the following undefined symbols.
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1009
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1010 @example
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1011 @group
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1012 .destructors_used
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1013 .constructors_used
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1014 _objc_msgSend
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1015 _NXGetDefaultValue
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1016 _NXRegisterDefaults
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1017 .objc_class_name_NXStringTable
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1018 .objc_class_name_NXBundle
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1019 @end group
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1020 @end example
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1021
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1022 One kluge around this problem is to extract @file{termios.o} from
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1023 @file{libposix.a}, put it in Octave's @file{src} directory, and add it
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1025 better ways to solve this problem are welcome!
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1026
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1027 @item
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1028 If Octave crashes immediately with a floating point exception, it is
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1029 likely that it is failing to initialize the IEEE floating point values
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1030 for infinity and NaN.
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1031
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1032 If your system actually does support IEEE arithmetic, you should be able
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1033 to fix this problem by modifying the function @code{octave_ieee_init} in
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1034 the file @file{lo-ieee.cc} to correctly initialize Octave's internal
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1035 infinity and NaN variables.
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1036
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1037 If your system does not support IEEE arithmetic but Octave's configure
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1038 script incorrectly determined that it does, you can work around the
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1039 problem by editing the file @file{config.h} to not define
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1040 @w{@code{HAVE_ISINF}}, @w{@code{HAVE_FINITE}}, and
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1041 @w{@code{HAVE_ISNAN}}.
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1042
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1043 In any case, please report this as a bug since it might be possible to
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1044 modify Octave's configuration script to automatically determine the
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1045 proper thing to do.
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1046
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1047 @item
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1048 If Octave is unable to find a header file because it is installed in a
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1049 location that is not normally searched by the compiler, you can add the
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1050 directory to the include search path by specifying (for example)
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1051 @code{CPPFLAGS=-I/some/nonstandard/directory} as an argument to
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1052 @code{configure}. Other variables that can be specified this way are
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1053 @env{CFLAGS}, @env{CXXFLAGS}, @env{FFLAGS}, and @env{LDFLAGS}. Passing
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1057 @env{FFLAGS} is set to @code{"-O"}.
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