RE: trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04

[YuHong]

Hello,

You might want to read the following links to install the dependencies before building octave from source.

http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?action="">

Octave-Forge: BuildFromSource

http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/build-octave-with-ccache-causes-segfault-when-checkinstall-td3643762.html

build octave with ccache causes segfault when checkinstall

Regards,

Hong Yu

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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:20:43 +0200
Subject: trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04
From: address@hidden
To: address@hidden

Hi,
I would like to install the most recent version of octave in linux ubuntu (with the distribution comes an older version).
I downloaded the octave-3.4.2.tar.gz file, and I run the following command:

./configure --prefix=/tools/octave/local_3.4.2

from octave-3.4.2 directory.

I got the following error:

checking qhull/qhull_a.h usability... no
checking qhull/qhull_a.h presence... no
checking for qhull/qhull_a.h... no
configure: WARNING: Qhull library not found -- this will result in loss of functionality of some geometry functions.
checking whether pcre.h defines the macros we need... no
configure: error: to build Octave, you must have the PCRE library and header files installed

Nevertheless the PCRE library is installed. I can see it via synaptic.

For sake of completeness I send attached the complete log of configure command.

Any suggestion is welcome,
Kind Regards

Dario


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