Re: Package installation issues

[Andy Buckle]

On 2 January 2012 15:32, Børge Strand-Bergesen <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> could you please help out with some hints on package installation? I
> have deleted and reinstalled octave-forge from
> Octave3.4.3_gcc4.5.2-install.exe a few times. When I try to install
> packages it either seems to hang, or it gives a long list of gcc (and
> others) messages. The computer is Win7-64. It also has Octave
> 3.2.4 installed. I reboot inbetween uninstalls and new
> installs. The install file itself seems to run fine every time. It is
> the packages which give me a headache. I was able to successfully
> install it on a Win7-32 box.
>
> To uninstall I delete the folder C:\Octave\Octave3.4.3_gcc4.5.2. The
> "uninstall" file which ended up in the start menu has no file
> extension after I run
> the installation program, so I can't really use it.
>
> How should I properly delete Octave 3.4.3 in order to try reinstalling it?
>
> After "uninstalling" a few times I'm no longer able to provoke the
> system to give me the compilation errors. Instead Octave hangs during
> package install.
>
> Is there an installation package with everything preconfigured and
> included? ... or is there an active policy to only welcome users who
> can figure out the packages system?
>
> I install packages with this command:
> pkg install miscellaneous-1.0.11.tar.gz struct-1.0.9.tar.gz
> optim-1.0.17.tar.gz audio-1.1.4.tar.gz signal-1.1.1.tar.gz
> control-2.2.3.tar.gz specfun-1.1.0.tar.gz gnuplot-1.0.1.tar.gz
> multicore-0.2.15.tar.gz

I made the 3.4.3 installer exe. It only unpacks files and creates
shortcuts. No registry or path changes, or anything tricky. Reboots
should not be required.

See the README (which also comes up on the web page)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave_Windows%20-%20MinGW/Octave%203.4.3%20for%20Windows%20MinGW%20Installer/

I think all the packages you need are pre-built  (maybe not quite the
same versions - I did not check all the details). They are in

Octave3.4.3_gcc4.5.2_pkgs_20111026.7z

You will need 7zip to extract that. Again, see the README. Building
for MinGW is tricky, so "pkg install" will not necessarily work.

I could make another installer with all the packages from the 7z.
Tatsuro, Nitzan - what do you think?

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