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Re: Install Error using 3.4.2


From: Ben Abbott
Subject: Re: Install Error using 3.4.2
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:09:49 -0400

On Sep 24, 2011, at 10:55 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:

> On 24 September 2011 07:05, Rick T <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> I'm getting this error when trying to install on ubuntu 10.04
>> Cannot open file debug.h
>> /usr/bin/f77: aborting compilation
>> make[2]: *** [arpack/src/libcruft_la-cgetv0.lo] Error 1
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ubu32sc/Downloads/octave-3.4.2/libcruft'
>> make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ubu32sc/Downloads/octave-3.4.2'
>> make: *** [install] Error 2
>> This link says to use the gfortran compiler but how does one switch to it?
> 
>    apt-get install gfortran
> 
> Where did you get f77 indeed? "dpkg -S /usr/bin/f777" should tell you
> which package brought it in. Remove that package.
> 
> HTH,
> - Jordi G. H.

Does ...

        apt-get build-dep octave3.2

... include gfortran? If so, then run that command (it will not install Octave, 
but will install the packages Octave requires to build and run).

Ben

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