Re: Package Install Errors

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

Hello

Please specify your platform (Windows-MinGW, MacOSX, Debian, etc.) and show you 
are get octave
binaries from the distribution or get them by building from sources.

BTW , for the question about of the octave-forge package is better to be done 
on the Mailing list of
Octave-Forge project.  The description about this, you can find the top page 
octave-forge homepage as

If you have questions regarding software downloaded from Octave-Forge, send a 
message to the
repository mailing list.    

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev

Please use the above when you ask the matter concerning to the octave-forge 
package from the next
post.

Regards

Tatsuro

--- Ron Crummett wrote:

> Hi -
> 
> I'm trying to install a few packages under 3.2.0.  Some of the packages
> install fine, others give me an error like this one from the Linear Algebra
> Toolbox:
> 
> >> pkg install linear-algebra-1.0.8.tar.gz
> couldn't create installation directory
> /usr/lib/octave/packages/3.2/linear-algebra-1.0.8 : Permission denied
> error: called from `pkg>copy_files' in file
> /usr/share/octave/3.2.0/m/pkg/pkg.m near line 1473, column 13
> error: called from:
> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.2.0/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 756, column 5
> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.2.0/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 287, column 7
> 
> Again, I have installed some packages without problems, so I don't think
> it's an issue of permissions.  Has anyone else had this problem, or does
> anyone know what needs to change?  Thanks.
> 
> -Ron
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