Re: your mail

[Mike Miller]

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 21:46:56 +0100, Jonathan Camilleri wrote:
> 1. Octave on Windows 10 requires dependencies, I am not sure whether
> it is safe to install this package without dependencies.
> 
> >> pkg install 'C:\Octave\Octave-4.0.0\src\optim-1.5.0.tar.gz'
> error: the following dependencies were unsatisfied:
>    optim needs struct >= 1.0.12
> >>

The error indicates exactly what is missing, did you try installing the
struct package?

  pkg install -forge struct
  pkg install -forge optim

> 2. The attached indicates that the version I have on unix has
> configurations that are not going to be installed, I am assuming they
> are redundant (see print.pdf).
> The machine runs Ubuntu i.e. v3.13.0-32.

First, are you trying to compile Octave from source? If not, then you
don't need to run the "apt-get build-dep octave" command.

Second, you have been asked to please copy the text of your error
messages directly into your emails to this list, don't use screenshots.

Assuming you do want to run this command, this is an apt configuration
error, you should probably ask on an Ubuntu forum or mailing list.
However, my guess is that you have locally installed packages that are
conflicting with the Ubuntu repositories, for example Oracle Java.

-- 
mike