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I tried to use brew to install octave but brew failed because of errors in other formulae.
# 15:15:11 ~
$ brew update
Already up-to-date.
# 15:15:15 ~
$ brew update
Already up-to-date.
# 15:15:17 ~
$ brew doctor
Your system is ready to brew.
# 15:15:21 ~
$ brew install homebrew/science/octave
==> Tapping homebrew/science
Cloning into '/usr/local/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-science'...
remote: Counting objects: 627, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (623/623), done.
remote: Total 627 (delta 1), reused 67 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (627/627), 545.57 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1/1), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
Error: Invalid formula: /usr/local/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-science/jellyfish-1.1.rb
undefined method `rebuild' for #<BottleSpecification:0x007fe304427ae0>
Error: Invalid formula: /usr/local/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-science/p4est.rb
undefined method `rebuild' for #<BottleSpecification:0x007fe303b08a90>
Error: Cannot tap homebrew/science: invalid syntax in tap!
# 15:15:43 ~
$ brew gist-logs homebrew/science/octave
Error: No available formula with the name "homebrew/science/octave" 
Please tap it and then try again: brew tap homebrew/science
# 15:15:51 ~
$ brew tap homebrew/science
==> Tapping homebrew/science
Cloning into '/usr/local/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-science'...
remote: Counting objects: 627, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (623/623), done.
remote: Total 627 (delta 1), reused 67 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (627/627), 545.57 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1/1), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
Error: Invalid formula: /usr/local/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-science/jellyfish-1.1.rb
undefined method `rebuild' for #<BottleSpecification:0x007fb9edae3720>
Error: Invalid formula: /usr/local/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-science/p4est.rb
undefined method `rebuild' for #<BottleSpecification:0x007fb9ecb59480>
Error: Cannot tap homebrew/science: invalid syntax in tap!
# 15:16:28 ~
$ brew gist-logs homebrew/science/octave
Error: No available formula with the name "homebrew/science/octave" 
Please tap it and then try again: brew tap homebrew/science
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