![]() This protects the receiver of the potentially active computer code. A compressed (zipped) file will not execute immediately when you download it. Compressed files are not just for reducing file size but also for transfering active code between users. So far Freemat has continued to install successfully on iOS, Windows 10, and various Linux distros.įor some of you this task will be simple and for others it may be new. If you have never done this before find a friend with some experience to help walk you through it. Commercial apps tend to have well developed installers that make this easy but the open source world is a little less simple sometimes. If you have difficulties let me know.Įvery group of students is different but I am often surprised at how many students have not actually installed significant open source software on their computers. For me, the first link under the download heading has been successful at autodetecting which version of the software I need. ![]() Go to the Freemat installation link which will take you to the sourceforge site where you can download the software. The installation instructions are on the Software Resources page (see above) that you can access from the PH211 homepage. Otherwise installing the software on your own machine is much preferable. The only COCC computers that I know of that have it are locked in the physics lab but they are available during the week if a faculty member will pull one out for you. Your basic task for this week is to install Freemat on your personal computer or find a computer you have access to that has it. You will need to download this zipped file ( HelloBruce1.0.m.zip) for this lab: Installation instructions (very simplistic), tutorials, and files that you need can be accessed from the PH211 Software Resources page. Here are the steps you are going to try to get through before next week. There is a lot to do here depending on how experienced you are with software and programming. Installing Octave, particularly on Mac's, is much more complex than Freemat so until I work out a way to make that complexity more manageable we'll stick with Freemat. I am aware that Freemat is no longer being developed and I will be moving to GNU Octave over the next year or so. Since we have a week where we have no formal lab due to the MLK holiday it seems like this would be a good time to get you all started on installing and learning how to open a Freemat file (filename.m).
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