Hello Please read first README.MSVC in unttared source files. (octave-3.0.x.tar.gz or octave-3.0.x.tar.bz2)
You can find detailed instructions for building of octave by MSVC complier. Regards Tatsuro --- "Joe Vornehm Jr." <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm running the MSVC build of Octave 3.0.3 + Octave-Forge 2008-08-31 under > Windows XP. I am experimenting with the JHandles Java source to add > exponents to the axes to improve scaling. For instance, when I plot(1:10, > (1:10)*1e-20), I want reasonable y-axis tick labels and a "\times 10^{20}" > near the end of the y-axis. > I downloaded the JHandles source package and have made some initial edits, > and I would like to build jhandles.jar. I have tried running the configure > script included in the source tarball, but I can't get it to work. After > much experimentation, here are the steps I've taken: > > - Install Octave 3.0.3 MSVC build to c:\gnu\octave-3.0.3, (to avoid > spaces in the pathname) > - Install MSVC 8 (Visual Studio 8 Express Edition) to its default > - Install MSYS/MinGW.to C:\MinGW > - Start a MSVC 8 command prompt > - Start MinGW's bash within that command prompt > - Add c:\gnu\octave-3.0.3\bin to the path (called /c/gnu/octave-3.0.3/bin > from within MinGW) > - Unpack the JHandles source tarball and change to its directory > - Run "sh configure" > > Here's the output I get: > > checking for gcc... gcc > checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe > checking whether the C compiler works... yes > checking whether we are cross compiling... no > checking for suffix of executables... .exe > checking for suffix of object files... o > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes > checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes > checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed > checking for mkoctfile... mkoctfile > conftest.cc > c:\gnu\octave-3.0.3\include\octave-3.0.3\octave\lo-utils.h(69) : fatal error > C1083: Cannot open include file: 'windows.h': No such file or directory > LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'conftest.o' > configure: error: Could not run mkoctfile > > I'm not sure why lo-utils.h is looking for windows.h and why it can't be > found; I would expect configure to have taken care of this. I have tried > experimenting with cccl (mentioned by Michael Goffioul in 2006 on > octave-maintainers) and also with building under Cygwin, but neither gets me > any farther than this. In the end, all I really want to do is build > jhandles.jar, and I don't care if mkoctfile can be used or not. > > So what am I doing wrong, or what do I need to do to build jhandles.jar? > > Thanks in advance. > > Joe V. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H> _______________________________________________ > Octave-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev > -------------------------------------- Power up the Internet with Yahoo! Toolbar. http://pr.mail.yahoo.co.jp/toolbar/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
