On macOS systems GNU Octave can be installed by:
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- macOS App Bundles 'Octave.app' (a single dmg-file)
- macOS package managers.
macOS App Bundles[edit]
The Octave.app project provides an unofficial ready-to-use, drag-and-drop macOS App installer based on Homebrew (see below).
A very old installer is hosted on SourceForge.
- macOS App Bundle of Octave 4.0.3 (with GUI) (OS X 10.9+)
Package Managers[edit]
All package managers below are given in alphabetical order. The Octave developers do not recommend a certain package manager.
Homebrew[edit]
→ Link to Octave package there.
Homebrew was written 2009 by Max Howell and has gained popularity in the Ruby on Rails community and earned praise for its extensibility.
Install GNU Octave using Homebrew:
- Install Xcode via the Mac App Store.
- Install the Command Line Tools by opening a terminal and type
- Follow Homebrew's installation instructions.
- Ensure brew itself has the latest definitions
- Install Octave
Further reading[edit]
The default charting package in Octave is straight qt. However, on the Mac gnuplot often works better. To switch to gnuplot, place the following text in your ~/.octaverc file:
Note: If brew complains about:
This is telling you the user permissions for ghostscript are not setup in a way that your user profile can use. You need to change those permissions to your user profile.The following command will repair the issue:
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Then run the brew install octave command again.
Note: If brew complains about not having a formula for octave, the following command should fix it:
The command below upgrades Octave and its dependencies to the latest Homebrew-supported versions:
Octave has a built-in GUI (developed using Qt lib) installed by default so that gnuplot and other tools can use it directly. This GUI is always installed when installing Octave using Homebrew.
In case of trouble, see the Homebrew Troubleshooting Guide, which assists in diagnosing problems and craft useful bug reports. Bugs may be reported at Homebrew-core's issue tracker.
MacPorts[edit]
→ Link to Octave package there.
MacPorts, formerly called DarwinPorts, was started in 2002 as part of the OpenDarwin project, with the involvement of a number of Apple Inc. employees including Landon Fuller, Kevin Van Vechten, and Jordan Hubbard.
Install GNU Octave using MacPorts:
- Install Xcode via the Mac App Store.
- Install the Command Line Tools by opening a terminal and type
- Follow MacPorts' installation instructions.
- Update your installation
- Install Octave
Spack[edit]
→ Link to Octave package there.
Spack is a package management tool that supports the installation of multiple versions of software on macOS and other operating systems. It was created 2013 by Todd Gamblin and is currently being updated and developed by a large list of contributors (mainly via GitHub).
Install GNU Octave using Spack:
- Install Xcode via the Mac App Store.
- Install the Command Line Tools by opening a terminal and type
- Follow Spack tutorial.
- Update Spack by going to the local Spack repository (develop branch) folder and run
- Install Octave
- To use Octave we need to first load the package
In case of trouble, please visit the Spack repo issues list, and browse through Octave related issues by writing is:issue octave in the filters box.
Create a launcher app with the Script Editor[edit]
For example Homebrew installs Octave to /usr/local/bin/octave by default. From the Terminal application you can enter the command which octave to find out the exact location.
If you know the installation location, open the Script Editor application and write the following text in the editor window:
if you wish to start the Octave GUI by default. If you want to start the Octave command-line interface (CLI), enter instead:
or if Octave is in your default path:
Finally:
- With a script open in the Script Editor app on your Mac, choose 'File > Export'.
- In the menu that appears, select 'Application' from the 'File format' menu, then navigate to the 'Applications' folder and save your script there as 'Octave.app'
To change the application icon:
- Open this link in a web browser, right-click and select 'copy image'.
- Select 'Octave.app' in the Finder, then press command-i to bring up the file info dialog.
- In the file info dialog, select the icon (in the top left) and press command-v to paste the Octave icon over it.
See also[edit]
- Octave for macOS (outdated) contains old installation instructions.
Footnotes[edit]
The easiest way to install a number of Unix style applications and open source software onto macOS Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave and earlier Sierra OS versions is via a package manager, unfortunately, macOS Big Sur doesn’t come with one, but fortunately, some good folks care, they come in the form of Homebrew.
The install of Homebrew also works on macOS Catalina, macOS Mojave, (High)Sierra, El Capitan, and Yosemite, so macOS 10.10 – 10.14
Homebrew isn’t the only option, also available is MacPorts and Fink but Homebrew is the newest and most popular of the trio.
Install Homebrew
To download install Homebrew run the install script on the command line as below and let the script do its thing:
If you don’t have Apples Xcode Command Line Tools installed it will alert you to that it will install it and carry on with the Homebrew installation and download the Command Line Tools you will need to enter your admin password at some point.
Homebrew Failed El Capitan
Then Homebrew is installed.
After this Homebrew is installed and ready to install other apps.
To get started run brew help can give some command example usage.
To check for any issues with the Homebrew install run:
One issue that typically comes up is an outdated or missing version of Xcode.
For the latest macOS, brew doctor will warn that the Homebrew install won’t be 100% if Xcode is not up to date, so update Xcode from the App Store.
To search for an application:
To install
To list all apps installed by Homebrew
To remove an installed application
To update Homebrew itself
To see what packages are out of date but not to upgrade them
To see what upgrade packages all or singular
To hold a package at a certain version
To release a package from a certain version
To see what else you can do
Where does Homebrew install stuff …. in the Cellar
Where the brew lives.
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You can see your Homebrew configuration by running
The output should be similar to …
All installations via Homebrew are filed independently in the filing system in /usr/local/Cellar and linked into /usr/local/bin which is a directory which allows you to run these commands and apps as if part of the regular operating system.
This directory is also out of the SIP bounds so there should be no authentication macOS error dialog boxes.
Remove Home-brew and all packages
To remove the Home-brew installation and all packages it has installed..
HomeBrew is a great package manager just start installing some apps and explore.!