Re: Problem with octave .oct files: Octave, version 2.1.39 under SuSE 7.3/gcc version 2.95.3

[Johann Drexl]

Johann Drexl wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to compile and build the oct-Examples in Octave.
> I'm using Octave, version 2.1.39 under SuSE 7.3/gcc version 2.95.3 .
> 
> I can compile hello.cc with:
>  mkoctfile -DHAVE_OCTAVE_21 -s -v hello.cc
> and generate a hello.oct File.
> 
> But when I try to run the shared lib under octave I get:
> octave:3> hello
> error: /home/linux/tmp/octave-2.1.39/examples/hello.oct is not a valid
> shared library
> 
> Using
> mkoctfile  hello.cc
> doesn't work either.
> 
> I searched the archive for this problem, but it seems to be unknown.
> Maybe it's a bug in Octave 2.1.39 ?
> 

Ah. I found out that the trick is in configuring Octave with 
 ./configure --enable-shared

to enable shared libraries.
Shame on me: This is mentioned in the README.linux file of the octave
distribution.
Sorry for molesting.



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