Re: Please help me to install the symbolic package

[Ben Abbott]

On Feb 16, 2012, at 11:24 PM, Barrett, Matthew (Towson) wrote:

> Hello,
>  
> I am trying to install the symbolic package for Octave, but receive the 
> following error.
>  
> octave:3> pkg install 
> c:/Test-Temp/Applications/Octive-3-6-0/symbolic-1.1.0.tar.gz
> symbols.cc:40:25: fatal error: ginac/ginac.h: No such file or directory
> compilation terminated.
> make: *** [symbols.o] Error 1
> 'make' returned the following error: make: Entering directory 
> `/tmp/oct-2/symbolic/src'
> mkoctfile -v    -c symbols.cc
> g++ -shared-libgcc -c 
> -Ic:/Test-Temp/Applications/Octive-3-6-0/Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2_20120129/Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2/includ
> e-I/C/Test-Temp/Applications/Octive-3-6-0/Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2_20120129/Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2/include/octave-3.6.0
>   -Ic:\
> Test-Temp\Applications\Octive-3-6-0\Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2_20120129\Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2\include\octave-3.6.0\octave\..
>  -I
> c:\Test-Temp\Applications\Octive-3-6-0\Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2_20120129\Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2\include\octave-3.6.0\octave
>  -I
> c:\Test-Temp\Applications\Octive-3-6-0\Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2_20120129\Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2\include
>  -mieee-fp  -Ic:/Progra
> ms/gplibs/include/freetype2 -Ic:/Programs/gplibs/include 
> -IC:/Programs/gplibs/include   -g -O3 -fno-keep-inline-dllexpor
> t    symbols.cc -o symbols.o
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/oct-2/symbolic/src'
> error: called from `pkg>configure_make' in file 
> C:\Test-Temp\Applications\Octive-3-6-0\Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2_20120129\Oct
> ave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2\share\octave\3.6.0\m\pkg\pkg.m near line 1385, column 9
> error: called from:
> error:   
> C:\Test-Temp\Applications\Octive-3-6-0\Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2_20120129\Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2\share\octave\3.6.0\m\
> pkg\pkg.m at line 827, column 5
> error:   
> C:\Test-Temp\Applications\Octive-3-6-0\Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2_20120129\Octave3.6.0_gcc4.6.2\share\octave\3.6.0\m\
> pkg\pkg.m at line 383, column 9
> octave:3>
>  
> I searched the archive that was downloaded, and the files named ginac or 
> ginac.h are not in the archive.
>  
> Where can I get the missing files?
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Matt Barrett

ginac is currenlty a dependency which must be installed independently.

        http://www.ginac.de/

I don't know how to do this under Windows. Perhaps someone who does will spot 
this an respond.

Ben