Re: can not compile octave from hg repo

[Qianqian Fang]

On 01/12/2011 06:15 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> 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.

thanks Jordi

rerunning autogen.sh solved my previous issue. I got another
error though

lo-mappers.h:37: error: 'floor' is not a member of 'gnulib'

but it looks like something that I understand and perhaps I can
figure out a way to fix.

Qianqian


> HTH,
> - Jordi G. H.