参考：http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Mac-OS-X-Mountain-Lion-Octave-can-not-execute-sombrero-td4643502.html
Octave版本：3.4.0
Mac版本：10.8.5
前提：装好了X11
It works perfectly on 10.8 and the solution is pretty
simple.
The problem is in
gnuplot.
Instead of using
bundled libfreetype, it should use the one that comes
with your X11:
cd /Applications/Gnuplot.app/Contents/Resources/lib mv libfreetype.6.dylib libfreetype.6.dylib.bak ln -s /usr/X11/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib .
Octave中调用hist出现broken pipe some output may be lost octave的解决（Mac）
原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/jubincn/p/3528869.html