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_em...@icloud.com wrote: >> >> On Oct 27, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Marius Schamschula <li...@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_em...@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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> macports-users mailing list >>> macports-users@lists.macosforge.org >>> https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users >> >> Marius >> -- >> Marius Schamschula >> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > macports-users@lists.macosforge.org > https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users Marius -- Marius Schamschula
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