Re: Mandrake install

[Quentin Spencer]

Roberto Tavares wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a Mandrake 10.1, and I'm trying to install octave.
>
> When I did de .configure, I got:
> configure: WARNING: in order to build octave, you must have a compatible
> configure: WARNING: Fortran compiler or f2c installed and in your path.
> configure: error: See the file INSTALL for more information.
>
> And I really haven't the Fortran or f2c. So, I got the 
> libf2c0-3.4.3-7mdk.i586.rpm and try to install it. But I got:
>  %post(libf2c0-3.4.3-7mdk) scriptlet failed, exit status 0
>
> Now I tryied to install again (to get the error again) and seems that 
> the package is already installed (rpm says so).
>
> Does anyone have a clue of how to install octave on Mandrake 10.1?


I have no experience with Mandrake, but most major Linux distributions 
now include Octave. I would suggest looking on the installation CDs for 
Octave, or see if it can be downloaded from Mandrake's website. If you 
need to install from source, the fortran compiler you need is probably 
in a package called gcc-g77, also available with the distribution.

-Quentin



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