Re: SV: octave make problem on Unix

[Dmitri A. Sergatskov]

Peter J. Acklam wrote:
> Malik Usman [EQTY] address@hidden wrote.
>
>
> > I am trying to compile octave-2.1.57 on unix with solaris 5.8 [...]
>
>
> Which "make" are you using?
>
> My experience is that you can not be build octave with /usr/ccs/bin/make
> or /usr/xpg4/bin/make. You must use GNU make. GNU make is not a part
> of Solaris, but if you installed the software on the Solaris Supplement CD,
> you will find "make" as /opt/sfw/bin/make.
...

In my experience you also need gnu sed and perl > 5.8 (if you want to build
octave-forge)...

> Peter

Dmitri.



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