Octave installation problems

unihiekka · 08-18-2005, 01:12 PM

Hi!

I have installed the mathematical programme octave from the SuSE Linux 9.3 Pro DVD, but when I enter "octave" in the command line, it does not run the programme. So, I have downloaded it and unpacked it (www.octave.org). But now, I don't know what to do or enter in the console, as I am fairly new to linux. I have never compiled or built a programme in linux. So, if someone could tell me what I should enter, I would be very happy.

Thanks!

Nylex · 08-20-2005, 05:56 AM

Are you sure it's installed? Is there anything in SuSe that you can use to check (I don't know, as I've never used SuSe)? Try doing

$ whereis octave

and see if that finds anything. It could just be that it's installed somewhere that's not in your $PATH.

If you want to install from source, read this guide.

unihiekka · 08-20-2005, 10:25 AM

#whereis octave
octave: /usr/bin/octave /usr/lib/octave /usr/share/octave /usr/share/man/man1/octave.1.gz

So it finds Octave, but it doesn't start. By the way, I have tried installing it from source...

Nylex · 08-20-2005, 10:26 AM

So what happens when you do type "octave", what error messages do you get?

unihiekka · 08-20-2005, 10:33 AM

The clock starts running, then it disappears and nothing happens..

Nylex · 08-20-2005, 10:53 AM

Heh, I thought by not starting you meant that it wasn't starting at all

. I'd suggest checking the mailing list archives and if you don't find anything there, subscribe to the list and ask again. Are there no errors whatsoever in the terminal?