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How to install. --------------- You may need to override Gatekeeper to allow installation of GNU Octave 3.8.0 on OSX 10.9 (Mavericks). You may find instructions about how to do this on this page: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5290 in the section labeled "How to open an app from a unidentified developer and exempt it from Gatekeeper". In short: - In Finder, Control-click or right click the icon of the app. - Select Open from the top of contextual menu that appears. - Click Open in the dialog box. If prompted, enter an administrator name and password. This installer is known to work on OSX 10.9.1, you may try, at your own risk, to use it for in stalling on other system versions but it is not guaranteed to work. Contents of this distribution. ------------------------------ This installer will install all binaries for GNU Octave 3.8.0 itself and its dependencies under /usr/local/octave/3.8.0 And will create two entries in the Applications folder /Applications/Octave-cli.app /Applications/Octave-gui.app Which will start Octave in CLI and GUI mode respectively, these are just small wrappers containing a startup script and an icon to allow launching Octave from the Finder. If you wish to uninstall GNU Octave 3.8.0 and all other software installed by this installer you can simply move the three folders listed above to the Trash. Notice that you will need to authenticate with and administrator password to be allowed to do so. A Note about Octave's New GUI. ------------------------------ One of the biggest new features for Octave 3.8 is a graphical user interface. It is the one thing that users have requested most often over the last few years and now it is almost ready. But because it is not quite as polished as we would like, we have decided to wait until the 4.0.x release series before making the GUI the default interface. Given the length of time and the number of bug fixes and improvements since the last major release Octave, we also decided against delaying the release of all these new improvements any longer just to perfect the GUI. So please enjoy the 3.8 release of Octave and the preview of the new GUI. We believe it is working reasonably well, but we also know that there are some obvious rough spots and many things that could be improved. We Need Your Help There are many ways that you can help us fix the remaining problems, complete the GUI, and improve the overall user experience for both novices and experts alike: If you are a skilled software developer, you can help by contributing your time to help develop Octave. If Octave does not work properly, you are encouraged to report problems that you find. Whether you are a user or developer, you can help to fund the project. Octave development takes a lot of time and expertise. Your contributions help to ensure that Octave will continue to improve. We hope you find Octave to be useful. Please help us make it even better for the future!