On Sep 24, 2011, at 10:55 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> On 24 September 2011 07:05, Rick T <
address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I'm getting this error when trying to install on ubuntu 10.04
>> Cannot open file debug.h
>> /usr/bin/f77: aborting compilation
>> make[2]: *** [arpack/src/libcruft_la-cgetv0.lo] Error 1
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ubu32sc/Downloads/octave-3.4.2/libcruft'
>> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ubu32sc/Downloads/octave-3.4.2'
>> make: *** [install] Error 2
>> This link says to use the gfortran compiler but how does one switch to it?
>
> apt-get install gfortran
>
> Where did you get f77 indeed? "dpkg -S /usr/bin/f777" should tell you
> which package brought it in. Remove that package.
>
> HTH,
> - Jordi G. H.