Re: octave error when using scripts

[John Swensen]

Tim Hildebrandt wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Please read the following and it would be amazing if you would give me some 
> help if you are able to. I have been seaching for a solution on the web now for 
> hours with no result. Thanks!
>
> I am runnin OSX 10.4.10, HPC Octave 2.99, Aquaterm(latest), Gnuplot and bash 
> enviroment variables are set to:
>
> export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
> export GNUTERMAPP=/Applications/AquaTerm.app
> export GNUTERM=aqua
>
> If I am runnin a script I get the following error Message
>
> tim-hildebrandts-powerbook58:/users/timsen/desktop/FINC411/week1 timsen$ octave
> GNU Octave, version 2.9.9 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.9.0).
> Copyright (C) 2006 John W. Eaton.
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> error: couldn't link module 
> /usr/local/libexec/octave/2.9.9/site/oct/powerpc-apple-darwin8.9.0/octave-forge/__imagemagick__.oct
> error: evaluating argument list element number 2
> error: near line 1 of file 
> `/usr/local/share/octave/2.9.9/site/m/octave-forge/image/PKG_ADD'
> error: source: error sourcing file 
> `/usr/local/share/octave/2.9.9/site/m/octave-forge/image/PKG_ADD'
> error: near line 11 of file `/usr/local/share/octave/2.9.9/m/startup/octaverc'
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I would first check to see whether ImageMagick is installed and whether 
octave can find it.  To do this, first try to run the program 'convert 
--version' at the shell command prompt.  You should see some version 
information and copyright information from ImageMagick LLC.  If not, 
then imagemagick binaries are not in the search path.  You could then 
search for them elsewhere on your computer, or just install them into a 
known location.  Hope this helps.

A second question is whether this error showed up when you were starting 
up (as it looks from your post), or whether you ran a function like 
imread, imshow, etc?

John Swensen