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FindBoat
FindBoat

Reputation: 591

octave install matlab package

Recently I choose to use Octave instead of Matlab in Ubuntu12.04 due to the fact that it is open sourced. One problem I encounter is that when I try to install some additional package of matlab, it always fails. For example, I want to install the randomforest matlab package (http://code.google.com/p/randomforest-matlab/), it needs to run command "make" to compile the c++ code etc. But first it tells me there's no mex command. To solve this, I modified the Makefile by replacing "mex" with "mkotfile --mex", after the second run, there are errors associated with the source code of the package. This happens for multiple times, like I fails to install the libsvm in Octave. Does anyone know how to solve this? Or I have to return to use Matlab.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2882

Answers (1)

Rody Oldenhuis
Rody Oldenhuis

Reputation: 38032

Octave and Matlab are different enough to cause situations like these. Things developed for Matlab will usually not work as-is on Octave, especially external packages (i.e., not developed by the Mathworks).

You'll just have to persist -- re-write some parts of the code, install additional libraries here and there, etc. to get it to work.

It's always possible, but whether it's practical, that's for you to decide.

Upvotes: 2

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