Re: can not compile octave from hg repo

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 12 January 2011 16:53, Qianqian Fang <address@hidden> wrote:
> make: *** No rule to make target `emacs/module.mk', needed by `Makefile.in'.
>  Stop.

Compiling from the repo can be complicated. You first need to get all
of the dependencies. The Build-depends line here gives you a hint of
what dependencies you'll need:

     
http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-octave/octave.git;a=blob;f=debian/in/control;h=5755f208835c54f2b828bd0b5fe617632c1ebd5c;hb=550a8d6612cada84fb7222f9e8bd575a6613d6e8

(You can ignore the debhelper dependency if you're not using a
Debian-based system). More build instructions can be found in the
HACKING file:

    http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/file/tip/HACKING

Once you have all of those dependencies, you first need to run
"autogen.sh". Then you can follow the usual GNU build system,
"./configure && make " and "make install" if you want Octave to be
installed to the default system location.

HTH,
- Jordi G. H.