libsvm in MATLAB for Mac OS X

I know this might not be the most appropriate place to ask this question - but I can't think where else to turn, and Google doesn't seem to know the answer.

Has anyone used libsvm to classify their results? I am having big problems installing this for Mac OS X, so if anyone has any experience, I would be happy to hear from you!

Step-by-step instructions would be wonderful...

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Andrew Newell]

Maybe you need to install XCode, as suggested in this post.

[Philip]

Thanks for your response. Yes, I do have Xcode installed, but it still fails to work.

When I navigate to the 'libsvm' directory, and then type 'make' I get the following:

$ make

g++ -Wall -Wconversion -O3 -fPIC -c svm.cpp

g++ -Wall -Wconversion -O3 -fPIC svm-train.c svm.o -o svm-train -lm

g++ -Wall -Wconversion -O3 -fPIC svm-predict.c svm.o -o svm-predict -lm

g++ -Wall -Wconversion -O3 -fPIC svm-scale.c -o svm-scale

However, when I try to use the 'svm-train' file I get the error "svm-train: command not found"...

[Andrew Newell]

Have you tried contacting MATLAB Support?

[Philip]

Not yet. I wasn't convinced that they would be able to help with the installation of third-party software... But seeing as I can't find a complete guide anywhere, I may try to contact them and see what they say.