Re: installation error

[Mario Storti]

>>>>> On Mon, 06 Apr 1998 11:31:43 -0700, 
>>>>>      address@hidden (Dennis C. Smolarski S.J.) said:

> Hello,
> I've tried to install the binary of Octave 2.0.9 on a Sun Sparcstation 20
> running Solaris 2.5.1 and CDE 1.1.

> When I invoke sh ./install-octave, I get the error message

>       "install-octave: no version number"

> Any suggestions as to what is wrong with my paths or what may be
> missing?

> Thanks.

That comes from the first lines of the script

> # get version
> version=`cat VERSION 2> /dev/null`

> if test -z "$version"
> then
>   echo "install-octave: no version number!"
>   exit 1
> fi

Have you a VERSION file in the root directory of the distribution?
Are you sure it's a *binary* distribution?

Mario

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