caught execution error in library function

[HoutanBastani]

Did you just install macports to install octave? If so, just uninstall it (follow the macports instructions on how to do this). Otherwise, do what brew doctor tells you. Namely:

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sudo mv /opt/local ~/macports

Then your path won't matter because you will no longer have macports in the regular place. But, you can still remove it from your path by doing:

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PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/texbin:/usr/local/bin

Then install octave

[i_am_ur_middlefinger]

yup, i just installed macports for installing octave. I will uninstall it.

I am able to start octave in terminal, but it's probably better to re-install it with homebrew, eh. this is what I will do after uninstalling macports.

thanks so much for your help.

I'll write in here if things are up and running.

thanks again,

matthias

[i_am_ur_middlefinger]

uninstalled macports, got brew doctor telling me I'm ready to brew, installed octave, I start octave:

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[client194-250:~] matthias% octave
GNU Octave, version 3.6.4
Copyright (C) 2013 John W. Eaton and others.
This is free software; see the source code for copying conditions.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  For details, type `warranty'.

Octave was configured for "x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.2".

Additional information about Octave is available at http://www.octave.org.

Please contribute if you find this software useful.
For more information, visit http://www.octave.org/get-involved.html

Read http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to submit bug reports.

For information about changes from previous versions, type `news'.

I add the path and dynare that lovely model (the exact same code that worked in class on a PC w/ matlab), I get this here:

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octave:1> addpath /Applications/Dynare/4.3.3/matlab
octave:2> dynare Newperspectives.mod
 
Configuring Dynare ...
error: caught execution error in library function
error: called from:
error:   /Applications/Dynare/4.3.3/matlab/dynare_config.m at line 213, column 10
error:   /Applications/Dynare/4.3.3/matlab/dynare.m at line 68, column 12
octave:2>

now, I'm back from where I started, looks like i ran in circles.

any idea how to proceed ?

Thanks, cheers, m

[HoutanBastani]

Yes, follow the directions in
http://www.dynare.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4747

and download the mex functions here
http://www.dynare.org/houtan/octave/

This should work.

[i_am_ur_middlefinger]

oh, ok, makes sense, let me try first thing after i got home.

thanks as usual, m.

[i_am_ur_middlefinger]

murphy's law is upon me, downloaded your mex file and put them into the given folder

output says:

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octave:1> addpath /Applications/Dynare/4.3.3/matlab
octave:2> dynare Newperspectives.mod
 
Configuring Dynare ...
error: caught execution error in library function
error: called from:
error:   /Applications/Dynare/4.3.3/matlab/dynare_config.m at line 213, column 10
error:   /Applications/Dynare/4.3.3/matlab/dynare.m at line 68, column 12


then I've downloaded the latest snapshot, when I try to do it with this one, terminal says:

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octave:2> addpath /Applications/Dynare/4.4_2013-10-31/matlab
octave:3> dynare Newperspectives.mod

Configuring Dynare ...
error: caught execution error in library function
error: called from:
error:   /Applications/Dynare/4.4_2013-10-31/matlab/dynare_config.m at line 228, column 10
error:   /Applications/Dynare/4.4_2013-10-31/matlab/dynare.m at line 68, column 12
octave:3>

I'm afraid you've run out of idea's too as you've said in your conversation with justus.

thanks anyway for trying to help me ! i still appreciate it.

ok, dinner, later

m.

[HoutanBastani]

FYI, I'm going to start distributing Dynare through Homebrew, which should make the Octave mex files work. This won't happen for several months, but you will eventually have the mex functions running again on Octave.

[i_am_ur_middlefinger]

hey houtan,

that sounds sweet, thanks for letting me know.

as usual before christmas I'm drowning in work, but I wanted to use the christmas break to try to set up dynare et al again, i see you've just released version 4.4.

maybe in january i can afford the matlab student version, we'll see, in very urgent cases I can still use the computers at our faculty, so thing should be fine.

but I'll keep an eye out for dynare through homebrew.

have a merry christmas and a lovely new year, mate !

all the best,

matthias