Re: octave gui does not run

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

----- Original Message -----

> From: Daniel J Sebald 
> To: Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
> Cc: 
> Date: 2018/3/31, Sat 09:36
> Subject: Re: octave gui does not run
> 
> On 03/30/2018 06:44 PM, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
>>  Platform Ubuntu 16.04, gcc 5.4.0
>>  Stable source b940e457e11f
>> 
>> 
>>  I have tried to execute octave gui
>> 
>>  ./run-octave --gui
>> 
>>  But CLI octave start.
>> 
>>  I this a bug? Have to I file to bug tracker?
> 
> Possibly.  Check your config.log file to see that it says
> 
> build1 # grep "Qt GUI" config.log
>   Build Octave Qt GUI:                  yes
> 
> If your log indicates "no" that is probably why the --gui option has 
> no effect.  If this is the case, it might still be undesirable to continue 
> with 
> the CLI mode if "--gui" is specified and there is no GUI.
> 
> Dan
Dan

You are right.
Recent change cause trouble qt and osmesa.

configure:70107: result: no
configure:70172: checking Qt version 5
configure:70209: checking for QT
configure:70217: $PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "$QT_MODULES"
Package Qt5Help was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `Qt5Help.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'Qt5Help' found
configure:70220: $? = 1
configure:70235: $PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "$QT_MODULES"
Package Qt5Help was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `Qt5Help.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'Qt5Help' found
configure:70238: $? = 1
No package 'Qt5Help' found
configure:70266: result: no
configure:73381: WARNING: Qt libraries not found; disabling Qt GUI
configure:73542: checking osmesa.h usability
configure:73542: g++ -std=gnu++11 -c -g -O2 -pthread -fopenmp   conftest.cpp >&5
conftest.cpp:831:20: fatal error: osmesa.h: No such file or directory

I have file to bug tracker.

  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53529>


Thanks for pointer.

Tatsuro