Re: error installing gsl

[Andy Buckle]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 1:03 PM, marco atzeri <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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
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Installing all packages is a non-default option in the mingw octave
3.2.4 installer. Did you miss it on install?



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