hi all,
I'm new to Octave (actually I'm new to Linux and programming in
general). I'm trying to install Octave on my Linux installation (FC4)
on my laptop (IP4 with 512MB RAM) and considering moving my application
from the sooooo expensive Matlab to Octave.
I made ./configure to install Octave and I got the famous message: "you
need a f2c compiler installed and on your path". I went on
http://www.netlib.org/f2c/, downloaded the bundle libf2c and
successfully made "make" in the temp directory. Of course, this was not
enough! I get the error message again and again...
Is there someone who can help me? by the way I don't see why they don't
distribute f2c in the Octave installation package, it's free SW so
wouldn't it suffice to cite it in the Licence? I hope to get the
meaning of it all...
Please ask me any detail that might be needed. Thanks for your support in advance.
Diego