Re: problem installing packages (3.2.4)

[Alexander Hansen]

On 4/20/12 10:56 AM, Márcio Diniz wrote:
> Dear Octavers,
> 
> I am running Octave 3.2.4 and I can not install any package. For
> instance, trying to install struct , I receive this message
> 
> octave:5> pkg install struct-1.0.9.tar.gz
> make: mkoctfile: Command not found
> make: *** [arefields.oct] Error 127
> 'make' returned the following error: make: Entering directory
> `/tmp/oct-RJ8KCn/struct-1.0.9/src'
> mkoctfile -s arefields.cc
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/oct-RJ8KCn/struct-1.0.9/src'
> error: called from `pkg>configure_make' in file
> /usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/pkg/pkg.m near line 1253, column 2
> error: called from:
> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 714, column 5
> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.2.4/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 287, column 7
> 
> 
> I am using Ubuntu 11.04 but I've got the same message using 10.10, so I
> think this is not the problem.
> 
> Thank you all
> M. Diniz
> 
> 

mkoctfile appears to come from the octave3.2-headers package.