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trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04
From: |
John W. Eaton |
Subject: |
trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04 |
Date: |
Fri, 9 Sep 2011 04:59:40 -0400 |
On 9-Sep-2011, Dario Cardini wrote:
| 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.
Do you have the -dev package installed? Try
apt-get build-dep octave3.2
apt-get install libpcre3-dev
and then run configure again.
jwe
- trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04, Dario Cardini, 2011/09/09
- RE: trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04, YuHong, 2011/09/09
- trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04,
John W. Eaton <=
- Re: trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04, Dario Cardini, 2011/09/09
- Re: trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04, John W. Eaton, 2011/09/09
- Re: trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04, Dario Cardini, 2011/09/09
- Re: trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04, John W. Eaton, 2011/09/09
- Re: trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04, Dario Cardini, 2011/09/09
- Re: trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04, John W. Eaton, 2011/09/09
- Re: trouble installing octave (version 3.4.2) on ubuntu linux 11.04, Dario Cardini, 2011/09/09