problem installing Octave 3.2.2 on my desktop (Ubuntu 9.04)

[Peter Hinow]

Hello all,

my problem is that compilation goes on for quite a while, but then ends with 
the following error
g++  -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc  (.....)
../libcruft/libcruft.so: undefined reference to `r_imag'
(.... many more such messages ...)

If I try
make check
../run-octave --norc --silent --no-history ./fntests.m .
exec: 73: /home/peter/octave-3.2.2/src/octave: not found
and indeed, this directory does not exist. I downloaded the file 
octave-3.2.2.tar.gz just today from 
http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html

Please let me know what to do or how to diagnose this better.
Thank you and best regards,
       Peter