Re: Octave - Package problem

[Michael Goffioul]

On 8/13/07, Vincent Claes <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am new to Octave and Linux. I have done some octave coding earlier this
> month. At this time I want to install the Communications package and the
> Control package but I can't get them installed correctly.
>
> When I try the 'Make' command I get the following problem:
> address@hidden:~/octave/communications-1.0.2$ make
> make[1]: Entering directory
> `/home/eltoro/octave/communications-1.0.2/src'
> Compiling galois.o
> /usr/bin/g++ -c -fPIC -I/usr/include/octave-2.9.9
> -I/usr/include/octave-2.9.9/octave -mieee-fp -O2 -DHAVE_OCTAVE_29
> -DGALOIS_DISP_PRIVATES galois.cc -o galois.o
> In file included from galois.cc:27:
> galois.h :209:37: error: macro "MM_OP_DECLS" passed 4 arguments, but takes
> just 3
> galois.h:210:37: error: macro "MM_OP_DECLS" passed 4 arguments, but takes
> just 3
> galois.h:211:37: error: macro "MM_OP_DECLS" passed 4 arguments, but takes
> just 3
> galois.h:209: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion
> before ';' token
> galois.h:210: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion
> before ';' token
> galois.h:211: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion
> before ';' token
> make[1]: *** [galois.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/eltoro/octave/communications-1.0.2/src'
> make: *** [build] Error 2
>
> Can someone help me out?

Use octave 2.9.13. Some core API changes have been made, which
communications and fixed packages depend upon. You'd get the warning
if you'd use the package manager to install octave-forge packages.
OTOH, you can still use previous versions of the above packages, these
should work with your octave version.

Michael.