Re: Wiki : Octave for GNU/Linux

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

o MATSUOKA wrote:

>>  $ sudo flatpak run org.octave.Octave
>> 
>> 
>>  octave:1> pkg install -forge -verbose control
>>  warning: creating installation directory /app/share/octave/packages
>>  warning: called from
>>      install at line 30 column 5
>>      pkg at line 437 column 9
>>  error: could not create installation directory: Read-only file system
>>  error: called from
>>      install at line 33 column 7
>>      pkg at line 437 column 9
> 
> I think the problem here is that you are running as root. Don't use sudo
> to run Octave.
> 
> You can install flatpak applications system-wide or per-user.
> 
> System-wide:
> 
>     sudo flatpak install flathub org.octave.Octave
> 
> Per-user:
> 
>     flatpak install --user flathub org.octave.Octave
> 
> But you should always run it as a normal user:
> 
>     flatpak run org.octave.Octave --gui
> 
> The problem with root is that Octave's pkg function assumes packages
> will be installed system-wide if root is running Octave. But in flatpak
> the application root directory /app is read-only by design.
> 
>>  The control package is very popular package.
>>  (I use signal package and signal package requires control package)
> 
> After fixing the above you should definitely be able to install control
> and signal easily as a normal user.
> 
> Does that help?



Perhaps I have made some mistakes and could not run flapak octave without sudo.
I remove ~.local/share/flatpak and reinstall octave.
I can launch flatpak octave without sudo and can install control package.

Thanks

Tatsuro