Re: Re: Re: pkg install problem

[William Christopher Carleton]

I used the Ubuntu package manager

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-----Original Message-----
From: Søren Hauberg <address@hidden>
To: William Christopher Carleton <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:46:40 +0100
Subject: Re: Re: pkg install problem

s°n, 16 11 2008 kl. 10:47 -0500, skrev William Christopher Carleton:
> Thanks for the reply. I've got the config.log file here and I couldn't figure 
> out whether or not I have octave-headers (my searches are coming up nill but 
> synaptic isn't suggesting any download options when I enter 'octave-headers' 
> into the terminal). Anyhow, maybe the failure will make more sense to you;

Please keep the help list CC'ed since that'll allow other people to help
as well.

How did you install octave? From source or through the Ubuntu package
manager?

S°ren

> 
> ./configure log......
> 
> /usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
> /bin/uname -X     = unknown
> 
> /bin/arch              = unknown
> /usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
> /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
> /usr/bin/hostinfo      = unknown
> /bin/machine           = unknown
> /usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
> /bin/universe          = unknown
> 
> PATH: /usr/local/sbin
> PATH: /usr/local/bin
> PATH: /usr/sbin
> PATH: /usr/bin
> PATH: /sbin
> PATH: /bin
> PATH: /usr/games
> 
> 
> ## ----------- ##
> ## Core tests. ##
> ## ----------- ##
> 
> configure:1733: checking for gcc
> configure:1749: found /usr/bin/gcc
> configure:1760: result: gcc
> configure:1998: checking for C compiler version
> configure:2005: gcc --version >&5
> gcc (GCC) 4.2.4 (Ubuntu 4.2.4-1ubuntu3)
> Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> 
> configure:2008: $? = 0
> configure:2015: gcc -v >&5
> Using built-in specs.
> Target: i486-linux-gnu
> Configured with: ../src/configure -v 
> --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr 
> --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib 
> --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls 
> --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2 --program-suffix=-4.2 
> --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-objc-gc --enable-mpfr 
> --enable-targets=all --enable-checking=release --build=i486-linux-gnu 
> --host=i486-linux-gnu --target=i486-linux-gnu
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 4.2.4 (Ubuntu 4.2.4-1ubuntu3)
> configure:2018: $? = 0
> configure:2025: gcc -V >&5
> gcc: '-V' option must have argument
> configure:2028: $? = 1
> configure:2051: checking for C compiler default output file name
> configure:2078: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
> /usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure:2081: $? = 1
> configure:2119: result: 
> configure: failed program was:
> | /* confdefs.h.  */
> | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
> | /* end confdefs.h.  */
> | 
> | int
> | main ()
> | {
> | 
> |   ;
> |   return 0;
> | }
> configure:2126: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
> 
> ## ---------------- ##
> ## Cache variables. ##
> ## ---------------- ##
> 
> ac_cv_env_CC_set=
> ac_cv_env_CC_value=
> ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=
> ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=
> ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=
> ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=
> ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=
> ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=
> ac_cv_env_LIBS_set=
> ac_cv_env_LIBS_value=
> ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
> ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=
> ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=
> ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=
> ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
> ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
> ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC=gcc
> 
> ## ----------------- ##
> ## Output variables. ##
> ## ----------------- ##
> 
> CC='gcc'
> CFLAGS=''
> COPY_FLAGS=''
> CPICFLAG=''
> CPPFLAGS=''
> CXX=''
> CXXFLAGS=''
> CXXPICFLAG=''
> DEFS=''
> ECHO_C=''
> ECHO_N='-n'
> ECHO_T=''
> EXEEXT=''
> F77=''
> FFLAGS=''
> FPICFLAG=''
> LDFLAGS=''
> LIBOBJS=''
> LIBS=''
> LN_S=''
> LTLIBOBJS=''
> MKOCTFILE=''
> OBJEXT=''
> OCTAVE=''
> OCTAVE_VERSION=''
> PACKAGE='octave-forge'
> PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
> PACKAGE_NAME=''
> PACKAGE_STRING=''
> PACKAGE_TARNAME=''
> PACKAGE_VERSION=''
> PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
> RANLIB=''
> SHELL='/bin/bash'
> SHLEXT=''
> STRIP=''
> TOPDIR='/home/ccarleton/odepkg-0.6.4/src'
> VERSION='0.1.0'
> ac_ct_CC='gcc'
> altmpath=''
> altopath=''
> altpath=''
> bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
> build_alias=''
> canonical_host_type=''
> datadir='${datarootdir}'
> datarootdir='${prefix}/share'
> docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE}'
> dvidir='${docdir}'
> exec_prefix='NONE'
> host_alias=''
> htmldir='${docdir}'
> includedir='${prefix}/include'
> infodir='${datarootdir}/info'
> libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
> libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
> localedir='${datarootdir}/locale'
> localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
> mandir='${datarootdir}/man'
> mpath=''
> oldincludedir='/usr/include'
> opath=''
> pdfdir='${docdir}'
> prefix='NONE'
> program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
> psdir='${docdir}'
> sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
> sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
> subver=''
> sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
> target_alias=''
> ver=''
> xpath=''
> 
> ## ----------- ##
> ## confdefs.h. ##
> ## ----------- ##
> 
> #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
> 
> configure: exit 77
> 
> 
> Thanks ahead of time if you have time to look at this.
> 
> Chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S°ren Hauberg <address@hidden>
> To: William Christopher Carleton <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:57:36 +0100
> Subject: Re: pkg install problem
> 
> l�r, 15 11 2008 kl. 15:18 -0500, skrev William Christopher Carleton:
> > I'm using Ubuntu 8.1 on a Dell XPS m1210 and having trouble with Octave pkg 
> > install. I'm trying to install the odepkg and get the following error:
> > 
> > octave:1> install pkg odepkg-0.6.4.tar.gz 
> > 
> > configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> > 
> > See `config.log' for more details.
> > 
> > error: the configure script returned the following error: checking for 
> > gcc... gcc
> > 
> > checking for C compiler default output file name... 
> > 
> > error: called from `pkg:configure_make' in file 
> > /usr/share/octave/3.0.0/m/pkg/pkg.m near line 1045, column 2
> > 
> > octave:1> exit
> > 
> > Any suggestions? I've tried invoking octave with sudo and also using sudo 
> > in front of pkg install, but neither has worked. 
> 
> I haven't seen that one before. Do you have 'octave-headers' (I believe
> that's the name in Debian/Ubuntu) installed?
> 
> S�ren
> 
> 
> 
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