Can I use MacPorts to install Octave 3.6.4?
Marius Schamschula
lists at schamschula.com
Wed Dec 10 08:31:37 PST 2014
Ray,
On Dec 10, 2014, at 10:20 AM, Ray Zimmerman <rz10 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> Ok, I’m a MacPorts newbie here, but it turns out I haven’t even been able to get the current version of Octave to build yet. This is a clean install of the latest MacPorts on OS X 10.10.1 with Xcode 6.1.1.
>
> I first attempted …
>
> sudo port install octave
>
> … which resulted in …
>
> Error: org.macports.configure for port atlas returned: Atlas could not detect any fortran compiler. If you really don’t need the fortran interface to be built, please use the +nofortran option, else install a fortran compiler (e.g. gcc4X) before building Atlas.
> Error: Failed to install atlas
> Please see the log file for port atlas for details:
> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_atlas/atlas/main.log
>
> So I went back and did …
>
> sudo port clean octave
> sudo port clean atlas
> sudo port install octave +nofortran
>
> This time it failed to build qrupdate.
>
> ---> Fetching archive for qrupdate
> ---> Attempting to fetch qrupdate-1.1.2_3+atlas+gcc48.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2 from http://packages.macports.org/qrupdate
> ---> Attempting to fetch qrupdate-1.1.2_3+atlas+gcc48.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2 from http://lil.fr.packages.macports.org/qrupdate
> ---> Attempting to fetch qrupdate-1.1.2_3+atlas+gcc48.darwin_14.x86_64.tbz2 from http://mse.uk.packages.macports.org/sites/packages.macports.org/qrupdate
> ---> Fetching distfiles for qrupdate
> ---> Attempting to fetch qrupdate-1.1.2.tar.gz from http://superb-dca2.dl.sourceforge.net/project/qrupdate/qrupdate/1.2
> ---> Verifying checksums for qrupdate
> ---> Extracting qrupdate
> ---> Applying patches to qrupdate
> ---> Configuring qrupdate
> ---> Building qrupdate
> Error: org.macports.build for port qrupdate returned: command execution failed
> Error: Failed to install qrupdate
> Please see the log file for port qrupdate for details:
> /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_qrupdate/qrupdate/main.log
> Error: The following dependencies were not installed: qrupdate texinfo transfig netpbm
>
> The relevant part of log file (by my guess) says …
>
> :info:build libtool -o ../libqrupdate.a caxcpy.o cch1dn.o cch1up.o cchdex.o cchinx.o cchshx.o cgqvec.o cqhqr.o cqr1up.o cqrdec.o cqrder.o cqrinc.o cqrinr.o cqrot.o cqrqh.o cqrshc.o cqrtv1.o dch1dn.o dch1up.o dchdex.o dchinx.o dchshx.o dgqvec.o dqhqr.o dqr1up.o dqrdec.o dqrder.o dqrinc.o dqrinr.o dqrot.o dqrqh.o dqrshc.o dqrtv1.o sch1dn.o sch1up.o schdex.o schinx.o schshx.o sgqvec.o sqhqr.o sqr1up.o sqrdec.o sqrder.o sqrinc.o sqrinr.o sqrot.o sqrqh.o sqrshc.o sqrtv1.o zaxcpy.o zch1dn.o zch1up.o zchdex.o zchinx.o zchshx.o zgqvec.o zqhqr.o zqr1up.o zqrdec.o zqrder.o zqrinc.o zqrinr.o zqrot.o zqrqh.o zqrshc.o zqrtv1.o clu1up.o dlu1up.o slu1up.o zlu1up.o clup1up.o dlup1up.o slup1up.o zlup1up.o
> :info:build make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_qrupdate/qrupdate/work/qrupdate-1.1.2/src'
> :info:build Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
> :info:build "_caxpy_", referenced from:
> :info:build _cgqvec_ in cgqvec.o
> :info:build _cqr1up_ in cqr1up.o
> :info:build _cqrinc_ in cqrinc.o
> :info:build _clup1up_ in clup1up.o
> :info:build "_ccopy_", referenced from:
> :info:build _cchdex_ in cchdex.o
> :info:build _cchinx_ in cchinx.o
> :info:build _cchshx_ in cchshx.o
> :info:build _cqrdec_ in cqrdec.o
> :info:build _cqrder_ in cqrder.o
> :info:build _cqrinc_ in cqrinc.o
> :info:build _cqrinr_ in cqrinr.o
> :info:build …
> <snip> (I think you get the point)
> :info:build ...
> :info:build "_zrot_", referenced from:
> :info:build _zqr1up_ in zqr1up.o
> :info:build _zqrot_ in zqrot.o
> :info:build "_zswap_", referenced from:
> :info:build _zlup1up_ in zlup1up.o
> :info:build "_ztrsv_", referenced from:
> :info:build _zch1dn_ in zch1dn.o
> :info:build _zchinx_ in zchinx.o
> :info:build _zlup1up_ in zlup1up.o
> :info:build ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
> :info:build collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> Any suggestions on how to resolve this? I’m happy to wipe everything out and start over even though it takes a few hours to re-build. I’m just looking for the easiest way to get a working version of Octave 3.8.2 and Octave 3.6.4 that I can use to test some code.
>
> By the way, it looks like at this point I do have a fortran compiler installed. Presumably by one of Octave’s other dependencies?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Ray Zimmerman
> Senior Research Associate
> B30 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
> phone: (607) 255-9645
>
>> On Dec 9, 2014, at 4:01 PM, Michael Dickens <michaelld at macports.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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
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You will need fortran to build octave. The default variant is to use gcc 4.8, but this does not automatically build/install gcc 4.8.
So I build octave with two commands:
sudo port install atlas +gcc48
which should install MacPorts gcc 4.8 before installing atlas, and then
sudo port install octave +atlas +gcc48
I normally also add the +gui and +SuiteSparse variants.
Marius
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