Can I use MacPorts to install Octave 3.6.4?

[Michael Dickens]

Hi Ray - You actually want to look at the Portfile itself for the
version info.  In this case, the one you want is <
https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/math/octave/Portfile?rev=121949
> .. or, revision 121949.  The next revision of this Portfile (121950)
bumps the version to 3.8.1. Sometimes you have to do a little tweaking
to get things to work with the current version of 'port', but generally
the changes are small.  Good luck! - MLD

On Tue, Dec 9, 2014, at 03:28 PM, Ray Zimmerman wrote:
> I am new to MacPorts and was hoping to use it to install the current
> version of GNU Octave 3.8.2 (currently building on my machine) and some
> earlier versions, such as 3.6.4. I’m finding it difficult to figure out
> how to do the earlier versions, if it is even possible.
> 
> I found this page
> (https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort), but I’m
> having trouble trying to find a revision of the octave port* that clearly
> corresponds to version 3.6.4 of Octave. Should I just pick the rev right
> before the one that says “update to 3.8.1” (i.e. rev 121949) and hope
> that it’s 3.6.4 or what?
> 
> Can somebody give me a few tips here?
> 
> *Looking on this page:
> https://trac.macports.org/log/trunk/dports/math/octave?rev=128817