Re: Install Error using 3.4.2

[Ben Abbott]

On Sep 24, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Rick T wrote:

> 2011/9/24 Ben Abbott <address@hidden>
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> I did a pkg -S /usr/bin/f77 and it says "dpkg: /usr/bin/f77 not found."
> So I'm not sure why it's coming back with this error message?
> 
> 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
> 
> And I checked and gfortran is installed, but it's not using it it's trying to 
> use the f77 one how can I change this so I can get octave 3.4.2 to compile 
> and not use the f77 compiler?
> 
> Thanks

Before running ./configure ...

        export F77=/usr/bin/gfortran
        export FC=/usr/bin/gfortran

Ben