Re: how to get a mkoctfile in windows for using MariaDB/MySQL

[Andreas Weber]

Hi Yogan, please keep the mailinglist in CC,

Am 28.10.20 um 18:36 schrieb Sganzerla, Yogan:
> We have installed Octave 5.2.0_1 from the Octave website. Our aim is to connect 
> Octave with MariaDB, for this reason, we downloaded and installed the packed 
> below
> https://github.com/markuman/mex-mariadb

> We are facing problem to install the tool mkoctfile in our Microsoft notebook 
> and in the Ubuntu too
Installing and compiling third party tools like mex-mariadb often is 
easier on GNU/Linux.

> We tried to use the following command to install, use and connect out MariaDB 
> and Octave.
>
> sudo apt-get install liboctave-dev
>
> Tauchen Probleme beim Installieren auf, empfiehlt es sich:
>
> sudo apt-get update
>
> tauchen dann noch immer Probleme auf, kann noch der Aufruf getätigt werden:
>
> sudo apt-get install liboctave-dev –fix-missing
>
> in meinen Fall war das volle Programm gefordert, allerdings glückte dann auch 
> die Installation
> anschließend kann octave neu gestartet und mkoctfile ausprobiert werden, nun 
> sollte der Befehl bekannt sein
>
> Do you have an idea how to solve this problem?

I don't see any problem yet. Try to focus on Ubuntu if this is okay for 
you and not to switch forth and back beetween questions/problems on 
Windows and Ubuntu.

And please try to use english (although german is my mother language)

-- Andy