Re: Fw: Neural network package

[Surajit Das]

Thanks Michael / Søren / Swensen

Rgds

Surajit
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Swensen" <address@hidden>
To: "Surajit Das" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Neural network package


> Surajit Das wrote:
> > > Hello Good People,
> > >
> > > I am a newbie trying to learn octave. For some of my work I need to use 
> > > the
> > > neural network package. But I have been unable to install it on octave. 
> > > I
> > > have Redhat Entrerprise linux with pre-installed octave 2.1.57. I have
> > > downloaded the file nnet-0.1.3.tar.gz from the source-forge website. 
> > > Given
> > > below is the command and error. Any help will be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Surajit
> > >
> > > [~/SOFTWARE/octave]> ls
> > > neuralNetworkToolboxForOctaveUsersGuide-0.1.3.pdf  nnet-0.1.3.tar.gz
> > > [~/SOFTWARE/octave]> octave
> > > GNU Octave, version 2.1.57 (i686-pc-linux-gnu).
> > > Copyright (C) 2004 John W. Eaton.
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> > > Report bugs to <address@hidden> (but first, please read
> > > http://www.octave.org/bugs.html to learn how to write a helpful report).
> > >
> > > octave:1> pkg install nnet-0.1.3.tar.gz
> > > parse error:
> > >
> > >  syntax error
> > >
> > >
> > > > > > pkg install nnet-0.1.3.tar.gz
> > >               ^
> > >
> > > octave:1>
> >
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> Would it be possible for someone with write access the Octave-Forge
> website to put a huge disclaimer on the front page that the packages in
> the current downloadable form will only work with 2.9.15?  I guess if
> people searched the help list or looked at the "Recent News" on the
> front page before they asked a question they would find an answer, but
> if there was a disclaimer in the orange "Installing packages" box on the
> front page of Octave-Forge, then maybe
> it would cut down on people trying the octave-forge packages with older
> releases of Octave?
>
> John Swensen