Re: Error while Compiling octave 4.0 on ubuntu 14.04

[Mike Miller]

On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 23:24:10 -0800, Jasleen Kaur wrote:
> Hi,
> I am referring to this link for installation
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/645600/how-to-install-octave-4-0-0-in-ubuntu-14-04/645718#645718

Can you explain what your goal is? Do you want to simply have Octave
installed, or do you want to install from source?

If you simply want to install Octave, use the PPA as described at the
link.

To clear the error you are getting from apt, remove your Octave
installed under /usr/local and tell apt to finish pending tasks:

  sudo rm -rf /usr/local/{bin,include,lib,libexec,share}/octave*
  sudo rm -f  /usr/local/bin/mkoctfile*
  sudo apt-get -f install

-- 
mike