Re: issue while installing "octave364-dev" package

[Ben Abbott]

On Nov 17, 2013, at 12:29 PM, sfarro wrote:

> Dear Octave maintainer team,
> 
> good afternoon.
> 
> I have just installed octave-atlas 3.6.4 on my mac 10.8.5 using fink
> (installed for the first time). The installation took several hours, but it
> went fine and I menages to run some mathemathical operations successfully.
> 
> When I try to install "econometric package" (the one I need for my
> homeworks), the software tries to install some dependent packages, and
> apparently I have some troubles in installing octave364-dev.
> 
> May you be so kind to give me some advices? I put below the error code I
> get.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your support and have a nice day
> 
> sfarro
> 
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 
> 
> unknowne:~ Nico$ fink install econometrics-oct364
> Password:
> Information about 8693 packages read in 0 seconds.
> 
> fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
> candidates:
> 
> (1)   optim-oct364: Nonlinear optimization toolkit for Octave
> (2)   optim-atlas-oct364: Nonlinear optimization toolkit for Octave
> (3)   optim-ref-oct364: Nonlinear optimization toolkit for Octave
> 
> Pick one: [1] 
> The following package will be installed or updated:
> econometrics-oct364
> The following 5 additional packages will be installed:
> general-oct364 miscellaneous-oct364 *octave364-dev* optim-oct364
> struct-oct364
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
> Reading buildlock packages...
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i
> /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/sci/octave364-dev_3.6.4-7_darwin-x86_64.deb
> (Reading database ... 52990 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace octave364-dev 3.6.4-7 (using
> .../octave364-dev_3.6.4-7_darwin-x86_64.deb) ...
> /sw/bin/oct-cc is not present.
> /sw/bin/oct-cxx is not present.
> Unpacking replacement octave364-dev ...
> Setting up octave364-dev (3.6.4-7) ...
> Clearing dependency_libs of .la files being installed
> */sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/octave364-dev.postinst: line 12: syntax error near
> unexpected token `a+x'
> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing octave364-dev (--install):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> octave364-dev*
> ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1
> Failed: can't install package octave364-dev-3.6.4-7
> unknown:~ Nico$ 

This looks like a problem with the Fink package management. I recommend you 
post your question to the Fink beginners/users list.

        http://fink.thetis.ig42.org/lists/fink-beginners.php

        http://fink.thetis.ig42.org/lists/fink-users.php

I've cc'd Alexander of the Fink team who supports Octave.  Perhaps he'll 
respond here.

Ben