Re: Installation of two octave versions & octcdf

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Mon, 3/29/10, xnand <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: xnand <address@hidden>
> Subject: Installation of two octave versions & octcdf
> To: address@hidden
> Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 10:40 PM
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> I had octave-3.3.50+ installed in /home/me, then today I
> installed
> octave-3.2.4 in /home/me/octave-3.2.4.
> When I try to install octcdf with octave-3.2.4, I get
> 
> octave-3.2.4:1> pkg install -global -verbose octcdf
> make: Entering directory `/home/me/octcdf/src'
> make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> make: Leaving directory `/home/me/octcdf/src'
> copyfile /home/me/octcdf/src/netcdf.oct
> /home/me/octcdf/inst/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-api-v37
> warning: load_path:
> /home/me/octave-3.2.4/share/octave/packages/octcdf-1.0.17/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-api-v38+:
> No such file or directory
> liboctinterp-3.3.50+.so: cannot open shared object file: No
> such file or
> directory
> error: called from `gen_doc_cache>create_cache' in file
> /home/me/octave-3.2.4/share/octave/3.2.4/m/help/gen_doc_cache.m
> near line
> 90, column 17
> error: called from:
> error:   /home/me/octave-3.2.4/share/octave/3.2.4/m/pkg/pkg.m
> at line 756,
> column 5
> error:   /home/me/octave-3.2.4/share/octave/3.2.4/m/pkg/pkg.m
> at line 287,
> column 7
> 
> Any help?
> 
> Thanks,
> Nands
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AFAIK 'octave' installs packages under in your case /home/me/ regardless
of 'octave' and packages bundle version. So, packages built for one
'octave' version appear to be up to date, though might well be binary
incompatible with 'octave' version.


I think I was hit by similar problem once and very much disliked the
architectural solution made by octave developers.

I think the installer should be rewritten, or maybe it already has been,

I believe that packages should be by default installed into a directory
containing 'octave' version - like 'octave' itself.

Regards,
  Sergei.