Re: error: 'pkg' undefined

[PhilipNienhuis]

stevebiggs wrote
> Hi,
> 
> I have just installed octave 4.2.0 from source. What is there appears to
> be working. However, I need the symbolic package so I tried:
> 
> pkg install -forge symbolic
> 
> but I get an error message:
> 
> error: 'pkg' undefined near line 1 column 1
> 
> Also, when I start octave, I get the following error messages before the
> version number, welcome message, etc:
> 
> error: '__all_opts__' undefined near line 2 column 6
> error: execution exception in
> /usr/local/share/octave/4.2.0/m/optimization/PKG_ADD
> 
> So, what's the problem?

Judging from the error messages and taking into account that "pkg" is a core
octave function, it looks like your Octave installation is borked.
Have you tried reinstalling Octave?

Philip



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