help needed with csparse and octave-compile problem

[sibu xolo]

Dear All

I am new to this list.

I have been trying to compile octave  (versions 3.2.2, 3.2.4 and 3.3.52  
recently.  The computer uses AMD64 2-core CPU, with Linux  (64-bit 
only//gcc-4.4.2 kernel2.6.34)
On each  occasion  I seem to arrive at the same make failure  of  
octave:

########   compiling  octave-3.2.2 (~line 19100  of compiler output)

In file included from CSparse.cc:51:
SparseCmplxQR.h:72: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'cs_cis' with 
no type
SparseCmplxQR.h:72: error: expected ';' before '*' token
SparseCmplxQR.h:74: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'cs_cin' with 
no type
SparseCmplxQR.h:74: error: expected ';' before '*' token
SparseCmplxQR.h:140: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'cs_cis' 
with no type
SparseCmplxQR.h:140: error: expected ';' before '*' token
SparseCmplxQR.h:142: error: expected ';' before 'cs_cin'
SparseCmplxQR.h:142: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'cs_cin' 
with no type
SparseCmplxQR.h:142: error: expected ';' before '*' token
SparseCmplxQR.h:144: error: expected ';' before '}' token
SparseCmplxQR.h: In member function 'bool 
SparseComplexQR::SparseComplexQR_rep::ok() const':
SparseCmplxQR.h:52: error: 'N' was not declared in this scope
SparseCmplxQR.h:52: error: 'S' was not declared in this scope
In file included from sparse-dmsolve.cc:31,
                 from CSparse.cc:61:


####compiling octave-3.2.4  ~line  16000  of compiler output

In file included from sparse-dmsolve.cc:31,
                 from CSparse.cc:61:
SparseQR.h: At global scope:
SparseQR.h:72: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'cs_dis' with no 
type
SparseQR.h:72: error: expected ';' before '*' token
SparseQR.h:74: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'cs_din' with no 
type
SparseQR.h:74: error: expected ';' before '*' token
SparseQR.h:136: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'cs_dis' with no 
type
SparseQR.h:136: error: expected ';' before '*' token
SparseQR.h:138: error: expected ';' before 'cs_din'
SparseQR.h:138: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'cs_din' with no 
type
SparseQR.h:138: error: expected ';' before '*' token
SparseQR.h:140: error: expected ';' before '}' token
SparseQR.h: In member function 'bool SparseQR::SparseQR_rep::ok() 
const':
SparseQR.h:52: error: 'N' was not declared in this scope
SparseQR.h:52: error: 'S' was not declared in this scope


####### compiling-octave-3.5.2  ~line  7200 of compiler output

In file included from CSparse.cc:52:
SparseCmplxQR.h:72: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'cs_cis' with 
no type
SparseCmplxQR.h:72: error: expected ';' before '*' token
SparseCmplxQR.h:74: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'cs_cin' with 
no type
SparseCmplxQR.h:74: error: expected ';' before '*' token
SparseCmplxQR.h:140: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'cs_cis' 
with no type
SparseCmplxQR.h:140: error: expected ';' before '*' token
SparseCmplxQR.h:142: error: expected ';' before 'cs_cin'
SparseCmplxQR.h:142: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of 'cs_cin' 
with no type
SparseCmplxQR.h:142: error: expected ';' before '*' token
SparseCmplxQR.h:144: error: expected ';' before '}' token
SparseCmplxQR.h: In member function 'bool 
SparseComplexQR::SparseComplexQR_rep::ok() const':
SparseCmplxQR.h:52: error: 'N' was not declared in this scope
SparseCmplxQR.h:52: error: 'S' was not declared in this scope
In file included from sparse-dmsolve.cc:31,
                 from CSparse.cc:63:


#########  I have csparse.a  static library  installed:- ls -l 
/usr/local/numerics  yields:-
total 6548
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  592288 Jul 17 16:25 lapack_matgen.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   80752 Jul 17 16:25 libamd.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   15382 Jul 17 16:25 libbtf.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   80246 Jul 17 16:25 libcamd.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   60712 Jul 17 16:25 libccolamd.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    1468 Jul 17 16:25 libcerbla.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1829248 Jul 17 16:25 libcholmod.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   45260 Jul 17 16:25 libcolamd.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  117082 Jul 17 16:25 libcsparse.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  548658 Jul 17 16:25 libcxsparse.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  639186 Jul 17 16:25 libf77refblas.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  417512 Jul 17 16:25 libklu.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    9558 Jul 17 16:25 libldl.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  412640 Jul 17 16:25 libspqr.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1781876 Jul 17 16:25 libumfpack.a
sx [ ~ ]#

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the latter were compiled   with gfortran -m64  etc etc on the same 
machine as descrined above.

If there is something wrong with the host setup or something wrong with 
octave and csparse
I would be grateful for some guidance.

sincerely
sx