octave should not require a specific implementation of mpi

[jeff.science@…]

There is absolutely no reason for Octave to require OpenMPI instead of any implementation of MPI. MPI is a portable standard for a reason. Octave should work just fine with the mpich-devel package and that should satisfy the dependency.

$ sudo port install octave Password: ---> Computing dependencies for octave ---> Dependencies to be installed: GraphicsMagick SuiteSparse arpack openmpi atlas clang-3.3 llvm-3.3 fftw-3-single ftgl hdf5-18 metis qhull qrupdate ---> Fetching archive for GraphicsMagick ---> Attempting to fetch GraphicsMagick-1.3.18_0+q8.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from ​http://packages.macports.org/GraphicsMagick ---> Attempting to fetch GraphicsMagick-1.3.18_0+q8.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from ​http://packages.macports.org/GraphicsMagick ---> Installing GraphicsMagick @1.3.18_0+q8 ---> Activating GraphicsMagick @1.3.18_0+q8 ---> Cleaning GraphicsMagick ---> Fetching archive for SuiteSparse ---> Attempting to fetch SuiteSparse-4.1.0_0.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from ​http://packages.macports.org/SuiteSparse ---> Attempting to fetch SuiteSparse-4.1.0_0.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from ​http://packages.macports.org/SuiteSparse ---> Installing SuiteSparse @4.1.0_0 ---> Activating SuiteSparse @4.1.0_0 ---> Cleaning SuiteSparse ---> Fetching archive for openmpi ---> Attempting to fetch openmpi-1.7.1_0+gcc47.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2 from ​http://packages.macports.org/openmpi ---> Attempting to fetch openmpi-1.7.1_0+gcc47.darwin_11.x86_64.tbz2.rmd160 from ​http://packages.macports.org/openmpi ---> Installing openmpi @1.7.1_0+gcc47 ---> Activating openmpi @1.7.1_0+gcc47 Error: org.macports.activate for port openmpi returned: Image error: /opt/local/share/man/man1/mpicc.1.gz is being used by the active mpich-devel port. Please deactivate this port first, or use 'port -f activate openmpi' to force the activation. Error: Failed to install openmpi Please see the log file for port openmpi for details:

/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_science_openmpi/openmpi/main.log

Error: The following dependencies were not installed: arpack openmpi atlas clang-3.3 llvm-3.3 fftw-3-single ftgl hdf5-18 metis qhull qrupdate To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:

​http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets

Error: Processing of port octave failed