Re: help!!!

[Mumit Khan]

On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote:

> 
> I'm using RedHat Linux 7.0, with GCC 3.0 and the 2.4.6 kernel. I didn't 
> encounter any problems when I configured octave-2.0.16. However, the problem 
> arose when I was trying to build it. I'm trying to fix the error by resolving 
> namespaces (from string to
 std::string) and library calls (from <complex> to <complex.h>) but it still 
wouldn't build? How do I do this in a much simpler way? Or do I need to 
downgrade my compiler?
> 

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Octave 2.0.16 was written well before the C++ standard, and won't build
with the standard conforming compiler. You have one of two choices:

1. Use 'kgcc', which is an older version of gcc (egcs-1.1.2?) that is also
distributed as part of RedHat 7.x, mostly so that you can build the
kernel. Or, install your own version of gcc-2.95.x in /usr/local and use
that to build Octave.

2. Use CVS version of Octave, which works just fine with gcc-3.0. See
Octave home page for details on how to get the CVS version.

Regards,
Mumit




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