On Nov 22, 2007, at 1:09 AM, Isaiah Oloyede wrote:
> I have Octave installed via Fink on Mac OS X 10.4.11.
>
> I have uninstalled and installed Octave many times without number
> in order to get Octave-Forge packages installed, but all my
> attempts have ended in futility thus far.
>
> I am a complete newbie to Mac and all the POSIX like commands.
>
> I tried installing Octave-Forge packages through Fink, I got
> segmentation faults, I also tried installing each package
> independently, I still got the same segmentation fault, so I guess
> the whole problem has to do with my mac os x configuration.
>
> Here is the log of my last atttempt of installing octave-forge, any
> help will be appreciated.
>
> mkoctfile: stripping disabled on this platform
> panic: Segmentation fault -- stopping myself...
> /var/tmp/tmp.2.GIOm4T: line 7: 20250 Segmentation fault octave
> -q ../tmp
> ### execution of /var/tmp/tmp.2.GIOm4T failed, exit code 139
> Removing runtime build-lock...
> Removing build-lock package...
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-octave-forge-20070821-1004
> (Reading database ... 71588 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Removing fink-buildlock-octave-forge-20070821-1004 ...
> Failed: phase installing: octave-forge-20070821-1004 failed
>
> Here is the log of my attempt to install one of the octave-forge
> packages
>
> octave:4> pkg install audio-1.0.1.tar.gz
> panic: Segmentation fault -- stopping myself...
> Segmentation fault
Isaiah, I've been struggling with this problem also. For me it