FreeMat
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Section: Introduction and Getting Started
Here are the general instructions for installing FreeMat. First, follow the instructions listed below for the platform of interest. Then, run the
-->pathtool
which brings up the path setup tool. More documentation on the GUI elements (and how to use them) will be forthcoming.
For Linux, FreeMat is now provided as a binary installation. To install it simply download the binary using your web browser, and then unpack it
tar xvfz FreeMat-\<VERSION_NUMBER\>-Linux-Binary.tar.gz
You can then run FreeMat directly without any additional effort
FreeMat-\<VERSION_NUMBER\>-Linux-Binary/Contents/bin/FreeMat
will start up FreeMat as an X application. If you want to run it as a command line application (to run from within an xterm), use the nogui
flag
FreeMat-\<VERSION_NUMBER\>-Linux-Binary/Contents/bin/FreeMat -nogui
If you do not want FreeMat to use X at all (no graphics at all), use the noX
flag
FreeMat-\<VERSION_NUMBER\>-Linux-Binary/Contents/bin/FreeMat -noX
For convenience, you may want to add FreeMat to your path. The exact mechanism for doing this depends on your shell. Assume that you have unpacked FreeMat-<VERSION_NUMBER>-Linux-Binary.tar.gz
into the directory /home/myname
. Then if you use csh
or its derivatives (like tcsh
) you should add the following line to your .cshrc
file:
set path=($path /home/myname/FreeMat-\<VERSION_NUMBER\>-Linux/Binary/Contents/bin)
If you use bash
, then add the following line to your .bash_profile
PATH=$PATH:/home/myname/FreeMat-\<VERSION_NUMBER\>-Linux/Binary/Contents/bin
If the prebuilt binary package does not work for your Linux distribution, you will need to build FreeMat from source (see the source section below). When you have FreeMat running, you can setup your path using the pathtool
. Note that the FREEMAT_PATH
is no longer used by FreeMat. You must use the pathtool
to adjust the path.
For Windows, FreeMat is installed via a binary installer program. To use it, simply download the setup program FreeMat-<VERSION_NUMBER>-Setup.exe
, and double click it. Follow the instructions to do the installation, then setup your path using pathtool
.
For Mac OS X, FreeMat is distributed as an application bundle. To install it, simply download the compressed disk image file FreeMat-<VERSION_NUMBER>.dmg
, double click to mount the disk image, and then copy the application FreeMat-<VERSION_NUMBER>
to some convenient place. To run FreeMat, simply double click on the application. Run pathtool
to setup your FreeMat path.
The source code build is a little more complicated than previous versions of FreeMat. Here are the current build instructions for all platforms.
http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/opensource
gcc-g77
package for MinGW) FreeMat-<VERSION_NUMBER>-src.tar.gz
. tar xvfz FreeMat-<VERSION_NUMBER>-src.tar.gz
. To build a binary distributable (app bundle on the Mac, setup installer on win32, and a binary distribution on Linux), you will need to run make package
instead of make install
.