Re: error installing gsl

[marco atzeri]

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 5:36 AM, aaroncp  wrote:
> I used the autoinstaller for windows to install octave.  I then tried to
> install the gsl library.  Here is what I get:
> octave-3.2.4.exe:>pkg install gsl-1.0.8.tar.gz
> make: *** [all] Error 1
> 'make' returned the following error: make: Entering directory
> '/tmp/oct-10/gsl-1.0.8/src'
> GSL libraries or headers not installed

the message seems clear, you miss the "libraries or headers"
of  GSL to which octave should be connected.

> false
> make: Leaving directory '/tmp/oct-10/gsl-1.0.8/src'
> error: called from 'pkg>configure_make' in file
> C:\Octave\3.2.4_gcc-4.4.0\share\octave\3.2.4\m\pkg\pkg.m  near line 1253,
> column 2
> error: called from:
> error: C:\Octave\3.2.4_gcc-4.4.0\share\octave\3.2.4\m\pkg\pkg.m at line 714,
> column 5
> error: C:\Octave\3.2.4_gcc-4.4.0\share\octave\3.2.4\m\pkg\pkg.m at line 287,
> column 7
>
>
> I have looked and looked around the internet, but can't seem to find
> anything.
>
> --

http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?OctaveForWindows

reports that gsl-1.0.8 is already included.
So or the wiki is wrong or you are trying to install something that
you already have.

Marco