Re: how to instal, or upgrade, the latest octave version on windows 7

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

Hello

> I downloaded libreadline.dll.a.7z and uncompressed it. I don't think that 
> libreadline.dll.a is a name for a windows dll. It is just the name 
> (extension)? 

You wrote
octave:2> mkoctfile helloworld.cpp --link-stand-alone
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.6.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot 
find -lreadline
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

libreadline.dll.a is a library against dynamic link library for readline.dll.
readline.dll already exists in Octave3.4.3_gcc4.5.2\bin
Please place libreadline.dll.a in Octave3.4.3_gcc4.5.2\lib
*.dll.a files are used in linking for MinGW platform.

Regards

Tatsuro

--- On Fri, 2011/12/9, Mircea Toma wrote:

> 
> 

> Regards,
> mircea
> 
>   
>  
>   
>   From: Tatsuro MATSUOKA <address@hidden>
>  To: c. <address@hidden>; Carnë Draug <address@hidden> 
> Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>; Mircea Toma <address@hidden>; nitnit 
> <address@hidden> 
>  Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2011 11:49 AM
>  Subject: Re: how to instal, or upgrade, the latest octave version on windows 
> 7
>   
> Hello
> 
> I think that Nitzan Arazi is the most proper person to write the Readme 
> because he made the packages.  When uploading the binary to Octave-forge 
> site, please ask that Nitzan correct the missing libreadline.dll.a.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tatsuro
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 2011/12/8, Carnë Draug  wrote:
> 
> > On 7 December 2011 07:52, c. <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > On 6 Dec 2011, at 19:02, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello
> > >>
> > >> Please see
> > >>
> > >> http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctaveForWindows
> > >>
> > >> 1.3. Octave-3.4.3-mingw + octaveforge pkgs
> > >>
> > >> Please care that this distribution does not have automated installer.
> > >> You have to install it according the instruction on the page.
> > >>
> > >> Regards
> > >>
> > >> Tatsuro
> > >
> > >
> > > Carnë,
> > > do you think it would make sense to host this on Octave-Forge?
> > 
> > Yes it does. I'm uploading these files now. Sorry for taking so long,
> > I was not following this thread at all since I know absolutely nothing
> > of windows.
> > 
> > If anyone that knows about it, can write a README file, something like
> > the one for 3.2.4. This file is the one that would go ono the
> > directory that has the different files and explains why there's one
> > pkgs and another without, and what to do with the libreadline file.
> > 
> > Carnë
> >
> 
> 
>