Re: pkg install -forge [library-X-X]

[Philip Nienhuis]

John Hayes wrote
> Hi all,
> 
> I’m sorry if I’m missing how to do this and it’s perhaps very simple, but
> I was wondering if there is a way to specify the specific version of an
> Octave-Forge package and draw in its’ respective dependencies
> (automagically) or even install a particular version of a single package
> by version number assuming the previous dependencies have been satisfied. 
> 
> I’d prefer not to use Octave 3.8.0 routinely quite yet (I hope to debug
> the problems I’m having with it in more detail later), while when I do
> something like this in Octave-3.6.4 I get the below:
> 
>> octave:1> pkg install -forge image
>> error: the following dependencies where unsatisfied:
>>    image needs octave >= 3.8.0
>>  image needs signal >= 1.2.0
>>  image needs general >= 1.3.0
> I’m using the following webpage as reference, but maybe there’s something
> I’m missing in the normal use-cases:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/Installing-and-Removing-Packages.html
> 
> Based on the above dependencies, I was expecting/hoping the following
> might work:
>> octave:1> pkg install -forge image-2.0.0
> 
> Presumably, that’s the correct image version to install for 3.6.4 octave
> but that doesn’t seem to work either (and I’d still presumably have to
> import/install each dependency manually)? 
> 
> I guess I’m wondering: is the -forge flag supposed to only work with the
> most up-to-date octave and other packages on Octave Forge? 

I'm afraid so.


> Does that mean the other packages in the directory here
> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/octave/files/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases/)
> are just fallback for cases like mine that need/want to manually install
> older packages?

Yes.

Philip



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