Re: Problem with octave .oct files: Octave, version 2.1.39 under SuSE 7.3/gcc version 2.95.3

[Hein Zelle]

Johann Drexl wrote:

> > But when I try to run the shared lib under octave I get:
> > octave:3> hello
> > error: /home/linux/tmp/octave-2.1.39/examples/hello.oct is not a valid
> > shared library
> 
> Ah. I found out that the trick is in configuring Octave with 
>  ./configure --enable-shared
> 
> to enable shared libraries.
> Shame on me: This is mentioned in the README.linux file of the octave
> distribution.

I ran into the same problem when I started using Octave and also
didn't find it in the docs immediately. Perhaps the --enable-shared
option could be made the default for systems that support it? It seems
to be something you always want if your system supports it.

Hein Zelle

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