Re: unable to compile 3.0.3

[Ivan Sutoris]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Jim Maas <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm attempting to compile a copy of octave 3.0.3 on an ubuntu Linux pc
> but get the following errors during compiling. I googled and found
> something about
> a missing fortran compiler but not sure how to fix it. Any suggestions?
> Alternatively is there a 3.0.3.deb around anywhere?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
>
> ../src/liboctinterp.so: undefined reference to `s_wsfe'
> ../libcruft/libcruft.so: undefined reference to `pow_di'
> ../libcruft/libcruft.so: undefined reference to `pow_ri'
> ../libcruft/libcruft.so: undefined reference to `z_div'
> ../libcruft/libcruft.so: undefined reference to `d_mod'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[2]: *** [octave] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jamaas/downloads/octave-3.0.3/src'
> make[1]: *** [src] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jamaas/downloads/octave-3.0.3'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> **** Installation failed. Aborting package creation.
>
>
> ----
> Jim Maas

Not sure about this specific error, but you should be able to install
Octave build dependencies with "sudo apt-get build-dep octave3.0"

Regards
Ivan Sutoris