Re: inadequate/inconsisten 'help pkg' message; problems with downloading

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Mon, 8/1/11, Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden>
> Subject: inadequate/inconsisten 'help pkg' message; problems with downloading
> To: address@hidden
> Date: Monday, August 1, 2011, 8:07 PM
> Hello,
> 
> I've tried to install a package using the 'pkg' command.
> 
> First I read screen output of 'help pkg' and from it I
> "grabbed" two items:
> 
> "
>     `install'
>           Install named
> packages.  For example,
> 
>            
>    pkg install image-1.0.0.tar.gz
> 
>           installs the package
> found in the file `image-1.0.0.tar.gz'.
> ...
>          `-forge'
>            
>    Install a package directly from the
> Octave-Forge
>            
>    repository.  This requires an
> internet connection and
>            
>    the cURL library.
> ".
> 
> Please note that the first item mentions a .tar.gz file and
> the second
> item (`-forge') doesn't mention how the package to be
> installed should be
> named.
> 
> So I tried:
> 
> "
> octave:9> pkg install -global -forge -verbose
> signal-1.0.11.tar.gz
> error: get_forge_pkg: package not found:
> "signal-1.0.11.tar.gz". Maybe you meant "combinatorics?"
> error: called from:
> error:   
> /mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/3.4.2/m/pkg/private/get_forge_pkg.m
> at line 74, column 9
> error:   
> /mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/3.4.2/m/pkg/pkg.m
> at line 2391, column 15
> error:   
> /mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/3.4.2/m/pkg/pkg.m
> at line 352, column 32
> octave:9>      
> ".
> 
> Though there is an error message, it doesn't look quite
> relevant to me.
> 
> I had to look into '3.4.2/m/pkg/private/get_forge_pkg.m'
> file and from
> its contents I guessed that probably I should try:
> 
> "
> octave:9> pkg install -global -forge -verbose signal
> mkdir (/tmp/oct-vgJkQM)
> untar (/home/qemu/signal-1.0.11.tar.gz, /tmp/oct-vgJkQM)
> error: the following dependencies where unsatisfied:
>    signal needs optim >= 1.0.0
>  signal needs specfun >= 0.0.0
> octave:9>   
> "
> 
> - makes more sense.
> 
> But why should one _guess_ ?
> 
> ...
> 
> Alas, trouble, though of different kind, continues:
> 
> "
> octave:9> pkg install -global -forge -verbose specfun
> mkdir (/tmp/oct-9eigc4)
> untar (/home/qemu/specfun-1.0.9.tar.gz, /tmp/oct-9eigc4)
> make: Entering directory
> `/tmp/oct-9eigc4/specfun-1.0.9/src'
> mkoctfile -s ellipj.cc
> make: Leaving directory
> `/tmp/oct-9eigc4/specfun-1.0.9/src'
> copyfile /tmp/oct-9eigc4/specfun-1.0.9/src/ellipj.oct
> /tmp/oct-9eigc4/specfun-1.0.9/inst/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+
> warning: function
> /mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/specfun-1.0.9/erfcx.m
> shadows a built-in function
> warning:
> /mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/specfun-1.0.9/laguerre.m:
> possible Matlab-style short-circuit operator at line 30,
> column 11
> warning: gen_doc_cache: unusable help text found in file
> 'test_sncndn'
> warning: addpath: /home/qemu/octave/specfun-1.0.7: No such
> file or directory
> octave:10> pkg install -global -forge -verbose optim
> mkdir (/tmp/oct-Lv43yK)
> untar (/home/qemu/optim-1.0.16.tar.gz, /tmp/oct-Lv43yK)
> error: the following dependencies where unsatisfied:
>    optim needs miscellaneous >= 1.0.11
>  optim needs struct >= 1.0.9
> octave:10> pkg install -global -forge -verbose struct
> error: could not download file struct-1.0.9.tar.gz from url
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/octave/struct-1.0.9.tar.gz?download
> error: called from:
> error:   
> /mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/3.4.2/m/pkg/pkg.m
> at line 357, column 13
> octave:10> pkg install -global -forge -verbose struct
> error: could not download file struct-1.0.9.tar.gz from url
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/octave/struct-1.0.9.tar.gz?download
> error: called from:
> error:   
> /mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/3.4.2/m/pkg/pkg.m
> at line 357, column 13
> octave:10>           
>          
> ".
> 
> I _did_ check Internet connection.
> 
> What am I supposed to do with
> 
> "
> error: could not download file struct-1.0.9.tar.gz from url
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/octave/struct-1.0.9.tar.gz?download
> "
> 
> message ? I.e. what _exactly_ is the problem with download
> ? Timeout ?
> Corrupted file ? None-existent file on sourceforge ?
> 
> Should I file bug reports about all this ?
> 
> ...
> 
> The package loads like a charm:
> 
> "
> address@hidden:~/junk> wget 
> 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/octave/struct-1.0.9.tar.gz?download'
> --2011-08-02 06:05:13--  
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/octave/struct-1.0.9.tar.gz?download
> Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net... 216.34.181.59
> Connecting to
> downloads.sourceforge.net|216.34.181.59|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved
> Permanently
> Location: 
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/octave/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases/struct-1.0.9.tar.gz?download=
> [following]
> --2011-08-02 06:05:13--  
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/octave/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases/struct-1.0.9.tar.gz?download=
> Reusing existing connection to
> downloads.sourceforge.net:80.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
> Location: 
> http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/octave/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases/struct-1.0.9.tar.gz
> [following]
> --2011-08-02 06:05:14--  
> http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/octave/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases/struct-1.0.9.tar.gz
> Resolving garr.dl.sourceforge.net... 193.206.140.34,
> 2001:760:ffff:b0::34
> Connecting to garr.dl.sourceforge.net|193.206.140.34|:80...
> connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 13051 (13K) [application/x-gzip]
> Saving to: `struct-1.0.9.tar.gz'
> 
> 97%
> [=============================================================================================================================>
>  
>   ] 12,715     
> 44.4K/s   in 0.3s
> 
> 2011-08-02 06:05:15 (44.4 KB/s) - Connection closed at byte
> 12715. Retrying.
> 
> --2011-08-02 06:05:16--  (try: 2)  
> http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/octave/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases/struct-1.0.9.tar.gz
> Connecting to garr.dl.sourceforge.net|193.206.140.34|:80...
> connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 206 Partial
> Content
> Length: 13051 (13K), 336 remaining [application/x-gzip]
> Saving to: `struct-1.0.9.tar.gz'
> 
> 100%[++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++===>]
> 13,051      --.-K/s   in 0s
> 
> 2011-08-02 06:05:16 (61.6 MB/s) - `struct-1.0.9.tar.gz'
> saved [13051/13051]
> 
> address@hidden:~/junk>
> ",
> 
> but _still_ not in Octave:
> 
> "
> octave:10> pkg install -global -forge -verbose struct
> error: could not download file struct-1.0.9.tar.gz from url
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/octave/struct-1.0.9.tar.gz?download
> error: called from:
> error:   
> /mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/3.4.2/m/pkg/pkg.m
> at line 357, column 13
> octave:10>      
> ".
> 
> Thanks,
>   Sergei.
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> 

By the way, in

"
octave:9> pkg install -global -forge -verbose specfun
mkdir (/tmp/oct-9eigc4)
untar (/home/qemu/specfun-1.0.9.tar.gz, /tmp/oct-9eigc4)
make: Entering directory `/tmp/oct-9eigc4/specfun-1.0.9/src'
mkoctfile -s ellipj.cc
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/oct-9eigc4/specfun-1.0.9/src'
copyfile /tmp/oct-9eigc4/specfun-1.0.9/src/ellipj.oct 
/tmp/oct-9eigc4/specfun-1.0.9/inst/i686-pc-linux-gnu-api-v45+
warning: function 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/specfun-1.0.9/erfcx.m
 shadows a built-in function
warning: 
/mnt/sdb8/sergei/AFSWD_debug/20110601/octave-3.4.2/share/octave/packages/specfun-1.0.9/laguerre.m:
 possible Matlab-style short-circuit operator at line 30, column 11
warning: gen_doc_cache: unusable help text found in file 'test_sncndn'
warning: addpath: /home/qemu/octave/specfun-1.0.7: No such file or directory
"

the

"
warning: addpath: /home/qemu/octave/specfun-1.0.7: No such file or directory
"

is a bug - I asked _global_ installation, and

/home/qemu/octave/specfun-1.0.7

is my ('qemu' user in this case) _local_path.

Regards,
  Sergei.