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List:       macports-users
Subject:    Re: Flummoxed again by Octave
From:       Marius Schamschula <lists () schamschula ! com>
Date:       2016-10-27 23:06:31
Message-ID: 2A0D40E3-6A83-4FCD-BC20-E07EC182180C () schamschula ! com
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Jerry,

To list the installed versions of octave-devel:

post select octave

to select a particular version, e.g. octave-devel-rc:

sudo port select octave octave-devel-rc

On Oct 27, 2016, at 5:59 PM, list_email@icloud.com wrote:

> > 
> > On Oct 27, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Marius Schamschula <lists@schamschula.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Jerry,
> > 
> > If you want to use octave packages with octave-devel*, you need to use octave \
> > select. Otherwise mkoctfile (which is needed to build octave packages) cannot be \
> > found, and MacPorts will proceed to install octave.
> 
> I can’t figure out how to use octave select or octave_select.
> Jerry
> > 
> > On Oct 27, 2016, at 3:11 PM, list_email@icloud.com wrote:
> > 
> > > I recently did a fresh installation of MacPorts. I then installed octave-devel \
> > > because the version given for it is 4.1.0+, more recent than that for octave \
> > > the version of which is given as 4.0.3_1. 
> > > I then did 
> > > 
> > > sudo port install octave-signal
> > > 
> > > which immediately began trying to install octave 4.0.3_1. I control-C-ed out of \
> > > that process after a few seconds after I realized what was happening. Now I \
> > > have these questions: 
> > > (1) Can I do a "sudo port clean --dist octave" to get rid of any junk that was \
> > > installed by the aborted octave installation? 
> > > (2) Can I install octave packages such as octave-signal into octave-devel? If \
> > > so, how? Does this involve using octave_select? 
> > > (3) If I need to revert to octave 4.0.3_1, how do I remove _all_ of \
> > > octave-devel. In the past I have found that uninstalling ports doesn’t return \
> > > my disk usage to what it was before installing, usually by several GB. I want \
> > > to keep a lean and clean MacPorts installation. 
> > > Thanks as usual.
> > > 
> > > Jerry
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
> > 
> > Marius
> > --
> > Marius Schamschula
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Jerry,<div><br></div><div>To list the \
installed versions of octave-devel:</div><div><br></div><div>post select \
octave</div><div><br></div><div>to select a particular version, e.g. \
octave-devel-rc:</div><div><br></div><div>sudo port select octave \
octave-devel-rc</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 27, 2016, at 5:59 PM, <a \
href="mailto:list_email@icloud.com">list_email@icloud.com</a> wrote:</div><br \
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class=""><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">On Oct 27, 2016, at 1:29 \
PM, Marius Schamschula &lt;<a href="mailto:lists@schamschula.com" \
class="">lists@schamschula.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br \
class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: \
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: \
after-white-space;">Jerry,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you want \
to use octave packages with octave-devel*, you need to use octave select. Otherwise \
mkoctfile (which is needed to build octave packages) cannot be found, and MacPorts \
will proceed to install octave.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br \
class=""></div>I can’t figure out how to use octave select or \
octave_select.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: \
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Jerry</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; \
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class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: \
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class=""><div class="">On Oct 27, 2016, at 3:11 PM,<span \
class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:list_email@icloud.com" \
class="">list_email@icloud.com</a><span \
class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>wrote:</div><br \
class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite" class="">I recently did a \
fresh installation of MacPorts. I then installed octave-devel because the version \
given for it is 4.1.0+, more recent than that for octave the version of which is \
given as 4.0.3_1.<br class=""><br class="">I then did<span \
class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class=""><br class="">sudo port \
install octave-signal<br class=""><br class="">which immediately began trying to \
install octave 4.0.3_1. I control-C-ed out of that process after a few seconds after \
I realized what was happening. Now I have these questions:<br class=""><br \
class="">(1) Can I do a "sudo port clean --dist octave" to get rid of any junk that \
was installed by the aborted octave installation?<br class=""><br class="">(2) Can I \
install octave packages such as octave-signal into octave-devel? If so, how? Does \
this involve using octave_select?<br class=""><br class="">(3) If I need to revert to \
octave 4.0.3_1, how do I remove _all_ of octave-devel. In the past I have found that \
uninstalling ports doesn’t return my disk usage to what it was before installing, \
usually by several GB. I want to keep a lean and clean MacPorts installation.<br \
class=""><br class="">Thanks as usual.<br class=""><br class="">Jerry<br \
class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">macports-users \
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