Re: Re: Re: octave installation problem - linux/limits.h

[Thomas Weber]

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 05:20:48AM -0000, bijoy wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I installed lapack as mentioned by Andy,
> 
> Now the error shifted to fftw3
> 
> ==========================
> octave:1> pkg install miscellaneous-1.0.9.tar.gz
> /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: 
> cannot find -lfftw3
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure: error: Could not run mkoctfile
> error: the configure script returned the following error: checking for gcc... 
> gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables... 
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
> checking for mkoctfile... mkoctfile
> error: called from `pkg:configure_make' in file 
> /usr/share/octave/3.0.2/m/pkg/pkg.m near line 1235, column 2
> 
> ========================
> 
> 
> But I have installed fftw3 already, I do not know why octave complains that 
> fftw3 could not be found.

You need the development headers and libraries. Look for a package
called fftw3-devel or such in Suse's package manager.

        Thomas