Re:

[c.]

On 28 Dec 2013, at 00:44, Roberto Porcù <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 27 Dec 2013, at 22:58, c. <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> you should not be doing this as root.
>> c.
> 
> 
> Neither this way works. I still get the same error.
> Do I have to try to reinstall Octave?

I don't think so.
To find out what is happening you should try to compile "odepkg" manually 
rather than trough "pkg install":

cd odepkg/src
./configure
make


> 
> Roberto P.
c.