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Re: compile octave-forge


From: Fabian Braennstroem
Subject: Re: compile octave-forge
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:23:59 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.6i

Hi James,

* On 14 Oct 2005 * James R. Phillips wrote:

> --- Fabian Braennstroem  wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have a problem to install the octave-forge package on my
> > archlinux system.
> > I used package version 2005-06-13  with octave version 2.1.71 and get an
> > error:
> > 
> >  rm -f symlsolve.oct
> >  ln -s symbols.oct symlsolve.oct
> >  rm -f sumterms.oct
> >  ln -s symbols.oct sumterms.oct
> >  make[2]: Leaving directory
> > 
> [...]
> > Do you have any idea?
> > 
> > Best Greetings!
> > Fabian
> > -- 
> 
> Several of the octave-forge packages require external libraries to be 
> installed
> for them to link properly - the symbolic package is one of them.  Check the
> readme file in the source tree for the requirements (always a good idea
> anyway).

I would say that I installed the required external
libraries.

> 
> You can prevent an octave-forge subdirectory from compiling by putting an 
> empty
> file named "NOINSTALL" in the subdirectory (touch NOINSTALL).  This may solve
> this and similar issues.

Using 'NOINSTALL' did not help... now I got a binary
package (including the package-script, which does not work
yet), which works on my system.

Thanks for your help!
Fabian

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