Octave compilation

[Walid Hachem]

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I have problems with compiling Octave on a Linux Operating System.
The version of my Octave source code is  : 2.0.13.95
My machine is a Pentium Celeron PC.
The Linux kernel I am using is 2.2.14-15mdk  (Mandrake 7 distribution)

When I try to compile Octave, at a certain point I have the following message:

making all in src
cd src ; make all
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/walid/Octave/octave-2.0.13.95/src'
c++ -c  -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc  -I../glob 
-I../glob -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee-fp -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions 
-fno-implicit-templates -g -O2 -Wall sysdep.cc
sysdep.cc: In function `class octave_value_list Fclc(const octave_value_list &, 
int)':
sysdep.cc:395: implicit declaration of function `int tputs(...)'
make[2]: *** [sysdep.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/walid/Octave/octave-2.0.13.95/src'
make[1]: *** [src] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/walid/Octave/octave-2.0.13.95'
make: *** [all] Error 2


In the file "sysdep.cc", the code that it cannot compile is the 
following:

#if ! defined (_GO32_)
if (term_clrpag)
tputs (term_clrpag, 1, _rl_output_character_function);
else
crlf ();
#else
crlf ();
#endif

Can you please help me understand why it is not working ?
In particular, what is the meaning of the switch _GO32_  ?

Thank you very much.

-- 
Walid Hachem
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75018 Paris
France
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