Octave port

[Robert Fong-tom]

On Nov 23, 2008, at 12:01 AM, Bryan Blackburn wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 10:42:26PM -0500, Robert Fong-tom said:
>> Since I ported Octave using MacPorts, I have been working through a
>> number of problems, which all seem to be related to the fact that  
>> I had
>> installed octave, aquaterm and gnuplot previously from dmg  
>> packages. I
>> previously wrote to both the MacPort and Octave users group about  
>> these
>> problems and you all have been very helpful and I have learned a  
>> lot from
>> you all. I started a new e-mail because I recently realized that the
>> problem may be with AquaTerm not GNUPLOT. I recently noticed that  
>> there
>> are several AquaTerm.app on my hard drive and I don't know if this is
>> normal. These AquaTerm.app files are in the following.
>>
>> 1) /Applications/MacPorts/AquaTerm.app (only file in this directory)
>
> /Applications/MacPorts is the normal location for MacPorts- 
> installed items
> which install .app bundles, so this is normal.
>
>>
>> 2) /opt/local/var/macports/build/
>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_aqua 
>> _aq
>> uaterm/work/dstroot/Applications/MacPorts/AquaTerm.app
>
> This is the destroot inside the work dir, which is used during build.
> Unless you had an install fail or turned of autoclean, this  
> shouldn't be
> there.  'sudo port clean --work aquaterm' should get rid of it.
>
>>
>> 3) /opt/var/macports/software/aquaterm/1.0.1_0+darwin_8/Applications/
>> MacPorts/AquaTerm.app
>
> This is the true install location when you have image mode  
> activated (which
> allows for multiple versions of a port to be installed).  Anything  
> under
> /opt/local (and /Applications/MacPorts) is actually a hard link to
> .../var/macports/software.  So you can ignore stuff in this location
>
>>
>> 4) /opt/local/var/macports/build/
>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_aqua 
>> _aq
>> uaterm/work/aquaterm/build/deployment/AquaTerm.app
>
> This is another build-related directory, see point 2 above.
>
> Bryan
>
>
>>
>> Is this normal? Are some of these related to the build of Octave?

Thanks for this excellent explanation.
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