Re: install problems

[Thomas Weber]

Hi, 

On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 11:38:45AM -0500, Harold Zintel wrote:
> I'm trying to install the tsa package into Octave on a MacBook (intel) 
> running osx10.5.5. 
> 
> 
> 
> octave-3.0.3:1> pkg list
> Package Name   | Version | Installation directory
> ---------------+---------+-----------------------
> miscellaneous *|   1.0.7 | /Users/haroldzintel/octave/miscellaneous-1.0.7
>         optim *|   1.0.3 | /Users/haroldzintel/octave/optim-1.0.3
>        signal *|   1.0.8 | /Users/haroldzintel/octave/signal-1.0.8
>          time *|   1.0.8 | /Users/haroldzintel/octave/time-1.0.8
>           tsa  |   4.0.0 | /Users/haroldzintel/octave/tsa-4.0.0
> 
> 
> octave-3.0.3:8> pkg install tsa-4.0.0.tar.gz
> error: the following dependencies where unsatisfied:
>    tsa needs nan >= 1.0.0
> octave-3.0.3:8>
> 
> The tsa in the pkg list was installed using -nodeps but the function I'm 
> trying to use, lpc, isn't recognized.  'nan' is recognised but I don't 
> know how to tell if it is >=1.0.0

There's a misunderstanding here. The error message above tells you that
it needs the 'nan' package; not the 'NaN' value available in Octave.

http://octave.sourceforge.net/NaN/index.html

        Thomas