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octave-forge-instrument-control Octave-forge package instrument-control
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Port Added: 2026-01-20 01:27:05
Last Update: 2026-01-20 01:20:40
Commit Hash: 3467284
License: GPLv3
WWW:
https://packages.octave.org/
Description:
The octave-forge package is the result of The GNU Octave Repository project, which is intended to be a central location for custom scripts, functions and extensions for GNU Octave. contains the source for all the functions plus build and install scripts. This is instrument-control. Low level I/O functions for serial, i2c, parallel, tcp, gpib, udp and usbtmc interfaces. Not vxi11 as there doesn't seem to be FreeBSD support.
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/octave-forge-instrument-control-0.10.0/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/octave-forge-instrument-control-0.10.0/LICENSE
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Dependency lines:
  • octave-forge-instrument-control>0:math/octave-forge-instrument-control
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/math/octave-forge-instrument-control/ && make install clean
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  • pkg install math/octave-forge-instrument-control
  • pkg install octave-forge-instrument-control
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PKGNAME: octave-forge-instrument-control
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distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1768863952 SHA256 (octave-forge/gnu-octave-instrument-control-release-0.10.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 211426bcafc1447028dbb3d7b63eba3ec47392f6d8a44cc924e97ddf58e3b1c9 SIZE (octave-forge/gnu-octave-instrument-control-release-0.10.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 216622

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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. octave : math/octave
  2. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  3. gfortran14 : lang/gcc14
  4. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
  5. autoconf>=2.72_1 : devel/autoconf
  6. automake>=1.18.1 : devel/automake
Runtime dependencies:
  1. octave : math/octave
  2. load-octave-pkg : math/octave-forge-base
  3. gfortran14 : lang/gcc14
Library dependencies:
  1. libpcre.so : devel/pcre
This port is required by:
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  1. math/octave-forge

Configuration Options:
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Options name:
math_octave-forge-instrument-control
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/gnu-octave/instrument-control/tar.gz/release-0.10.0?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 1

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0.10.0
20 Jan 2026 01:20:40
commit hash: 34672849de1d3260c7176d0afd3f270384201318commit hash: 34672849de1d3260c7176d0afd3f270384201318commit hash: 34672849de1d3260c7176d0afd3f270384201318commit hash: 34672849de1d3260c7176d0afd3f270384201318 files touched by this commit
Stephen Montgomery-Smith (stephen) search for other commits by this committer
math/octave-forge-instrument-control: New port.

Octave low level I/O functions for serial, i2c, parallel, tcp, gpib,
udp and usbtmc interfaces.  Not vxi11 as there doesn't seem to be
FreeBSD support.

Number of commits found: 1