

The compound was first isolated in 1837 through a distillation of pine oil by Pierre Joseph Pelletier and Filip Neriusz Walter, who named it rétinnaphte. Toluene is predominantly used as an industrial feedstock and a solvent.Īs the solvent in some types of paint thinner, permanent markers, contact cement and certain types of glue, toluene is sometimes used as a recreational inhalant and has the potential of causing severe neurological harm. As such, its systematic IUPAC name is methylbenzene. It is a mono-substituted benzene derivative, consisting of a methyl group (CH 3) attached to a phenyl group. It is a colorless, water-insoluble liquid with the smell associated with paint thinners. ɒ l, - ɔː l, - oʊ l/), is a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon. j u iː n/), also known as toluol ( / ˈ t ɒ l. Octave for macOS (outdated) contains old installation instructions.Toluene ( / ˈ t ɒ l.In the file info dialog, select the icon (in the top left) and press command-v to paste the Octave icon over it.Select "Octave.app" in the Finder, then press command-i to bring up the file info dialog.Open this link in a web browser, right-click and select "copy image".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".With a script open in the Script Editor app on your Mac, choose "File > Export".If you want to start the Octave command-line interface (CLI), enter instead: If you wish to start the Octave GUI by default. If you know the installation location, open the Script Editor application and write the following text in the editor window:ĭo shell script "/usr/local/bin/octave -gui" From the Terminal application you can enter the command which octave to find out the exact location. 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.Ĭreate a launcher app with the Script Editor įor example Homebrew installs Octave to /usr/local/bin/octave by default. Octave has many dependencies which will be downloaded and installed prior to Octave.

The entire installation process can take up to a few hours. To install the Command Line Tools type in the Terminal App:įollow the Spack tutorial and type in the Terminal App: In case of trouble try brew doctor, see the Homebrew Troubleshooting Guide.įollow the MacPorts installation instructions. The Octave developers do not recommend a certain package manager.įollow the Anaconda installation instructions.įollow the Homebrew installation instructions.
