Re: Problem with installing packages

[Ben Abbott]

> On Apr 29, 2016, at 12:14 PM, Taneli Pusa <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> I checked the FAQ and wiki, but was not able to find an answer. Google wasn't 
> my friend either.
> 
> I'm running Octave 3.8.0 on OS X Yosemite 10.10.5.
> 
> When I try to install the io package with
> pkg install -forge io
> I get the following error message(s):
> 
> /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/bin/mkoctfile-3.8.0: line 512:  2581 Segmentation 
> fault: 11  /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/bin/g++-mp-4.7 -c -fPIC 
> -I/usr/local/octave/3.8.0/include/octave-3.8.0/octave/.. 
> -I/usr/local/octave/3.8.0/include/octave-3.8.0/octave 
> -I/usr/local/octave/3.8.0/include -pipe -Os -m64 -D_THREAD_SAFE -pthread 
> csvexplode.cc -o csvexplode.o
> make: *** [csvexplode.oct] Error 139
> /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/bin/mkoctfile-3.8.0 csvexplode.cc
> 
> pkg: error running `make' for the io package.
> error: called from 'configure_make' in file 
> /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/private/configure_make.m 
> near line 82, column 9
> error: called from:
> error:   /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/private/install.m 
> at line 199, column 5
> error:   /usr/local/octave/3.8.0/share/octave/3.8.0/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 394, 
> column 9
> >> 2016-04-29 18:11:55.974 octave-gui[2561:137921] modalSession has been 
> >> exited prematurely - check for a reentrant call to endModalSession:
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
> 
> -Taneli Pus

Looks like you’ve installed Octave via macports. When using Octave install by a 
package manager on Mac OS X, it can be tricky to install packages using Octave 
directly (as you tried to do).

I suggest you also use macports to install the io package.

        port install octave-io

Ben