Re: symbolic toolbox returns error

[Søren Hauberg]

Hi,

ons, 20 08 2008 kl. 09:55 +0200, skrev lombardo:
> Hope it is ok to post this help request here

That's what this list is for, so it's more than okay :-)

> pkg install /home/lombardo/Desktop/symbolic-1.0.6.tar.gz
> 
> Then I get
> 
> octave-3.0.0:2> x=sym("a")
> error: 
> /home/lombardo/octave/symbolic-1.0.6/i486-pc-linux-gnu-api-v32/symbols.oct: 
> undefined symbol: _ZNK5GiNaC5basic5evalfEi
> error: `sym' undefined near line 2 column 3
> error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2, column 2
> 
> Anybody having a clue about what I might be missing?

That package page for the 'symbolic' package
(http://octave.sourceforge.net/symbolic/index.html) contains the
following:

License: GPL version 2 or later
Web page: http://octave.sf.net
Dependencies: octave (>= 2.9.7)
buildrequires:ginac-devel
autoload:yes

The interesting part is the 'buildrequires' line. This means you have to
install the 'ginac-devel' package from the Kubuntu repositories (using
'synaptic', 'apt-get' or whatever tool you use to install packages).

Good luck,
Søren