Re: How can I compile Octave GUI from sources?

[Pedro]

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Juan Pablo Carbajal
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Pedro <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I would like to test Octave GUI but it's difficult to find a tutorial
>> in google (GUI Octave, ... )
>> Any help? References? Howto?
>>
>> I know that Octave GUI is unstable.
>>
>> Could be these included in FAQ?
>> The response now is not enough for me :/
>> http://wiki.octave.org/FAQ#GUI
>>
>> I'm in Lubuntu 12.10 and I have Octave version 3.6.2 from official 
>> repositories.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Pedro
>
> Hi Pedro,
>
> I think this mail should go to the help mailing list.
>
> You need to checkout the default repository and compile it from source.
> Follow the instructions here
> http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/get-involved.html
>
> Once you go the code do
> $ hg update default
> $ ./bootstrap
> $ ./configure
> $ make
> $ ./run-octave
>
> Make sure that ./configure tell that you are OK to compile. Also when
> making you can pass the -j<n> option, where <n> is the number of
> processors/cores you have in your machine.
> I do not know what kind of update system you have in Lubuntu, just run
> the equivalent to
> $ sudo apt-get install buildessential
> $ sudo apt-get builddep octave
>
> before you start compiling to get all the dependencies. You will also need
> libqscintilla2 and qt4

Ok, I have an make error. But first, I make a description to arrive here:

./bootstrap
says: "build-aux/bootstrap_gnulib: one of these is required:
glibtoolize libtoolize"
=> you have to install "sudo apt-get install libtool"
=> (and) "sudo apt-get install automake autoconf"

./configure
sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev
sudo apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev

make
here's the error [1]
I tried to resolve installing:
sudo apt-get install flex flexc++ flexbackup libfl-dev flexloader flexml
(also flex-old, and this remove flex and libfl-dev)

information
flex version: 2.5.35-10
libfl-dev version: 2.5.35-10
flex-old version: 2.5.4a-10

[1] Error in make

Making all in libinterp
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/papatupf/Sources/octave/libinterp'
/bin/bash ../build-aux/ylwrap parse-tree/lex.ll lex.octave_.c
parse-tree/lex.cc -- ../build-aux/missing flex
WARNING: `flex' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
         you modified a `.l' file.  You may need the `Flex' package
         in order for those modifications to take effect.  You can get
         `Flex' from any GNU archive site.
make[2]: *** [parse-tree/lex.cc] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/<user>/octave/libinterp'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/<user>/Sources/octave'
make: *** [all] Error 2