Re: Octave 3.4.3 in Ubuntu 11.10

[Tatsuro MATSUOKA]

Hello

On Ubuntu 11.10, octave 3.6.0 works fine. (build by myself)
Why do not you build and make a package of octave 3.6.0?

Regards

Tatsuro

--- On Wed, 2012/1/25, Juan Pablo Carbajal  wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:26 AM, mmesser314 <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Thanks for creating the binary package to install Octave 3.4.3 in Ubuntu
> > 11.10.
> > I just tried installing it and had a few problems. I may have got Octave
> > working.
> > Sorry this is so verbose.
> >
> > My OS is 32 bit Windows Vista. I am using VMware Player to host Ubuntu
> > 11.10.
> > I had Octave 3.2 installed from the package provided by the Ubuntu Software
> > Center.  I uninstalled it.
> > Just before installing, I received a notification that a system update is
> > needed. I did the update.
> >
> > --- Warning on install
> > To get the package, I clicked on a link at the Octave project's
> > http://www.octave.org/wiki/index.php?title=Octave_for_GNU_Linux:_Binary_Octave_packages_for_GNU_Linux#Debian_Development_Sources
> > Octave for GNU Linux: Binary Octave packages for GNU Linux  page.
> > I took the default choice of having the Ubuntu Software Center download the
> > package.
> > The Software Center popped open a dialog titled "The package is of bad
> > quality". It contains dire warnings about serious problems, and this message
> > in a details box:
> >
> >
> > I clicked the 'Ignore and install' button. Installation completed
> > successfully.
> >
> > --- Missing libraries
> > When I open a terminal and type octave, I get an error message:
> >   octave: error while loading shared libraries: libhdf5.so.6: cannot open
> > shared object file: No such file or directory
> >
> > This post made me think the missing library was deleted by the system
> > update.
> > http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Problem-with-shared-library-libhdf5-so-6-td2312412.html
> >
> > 'locate libhdf5' reported this
> >
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/libhdf5-serial-1.8.4_1.8.4-patch1-2ubuntu4_i386.deb
> >   /var/lib/dpkg/info/libhdf5-serial-1.8.4.list
> >   /var/lib/dpkg/info/libhdf5-serial-1.8.4.postrm
> >
> > I searched the Software Center and found a libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 package. I
> > installed it.
> > I tried to start Octave. It is now missing liblapack3gf. I installed it.
> > I also had to install libcholmod1.7.1, libumfpack5.4.0, libcxsparse.2.2.3,
> > libqrupdate1, and libfftw3.
> > Octave started up.
> >
> > I typed 'help inv'. I got this error message.
> >   sh: makeinfo: not found
> >   warning: help: Texinfo formatting filter exited abnormally; raw Texinfo
> > source of help text follows...
> >
> > Installed Octave again. No complaint about package quality this time.
> > Now 'help inv' works. But I don't feel confident that all is well.
> >
> > --- Questions
> > I don't know what went wrong.
> >   Is the package missing all these dependencies?
> >   Did the system update remove all these missing libraries?
> >   Should I not have removed Octave 3.2?
> > None of these sound like good explanations.
> >
> >   Should I not have ingored the "The package is of bad quality" message?
> >
> >
> > --
> > View this message in context: 
> > http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/Octave-3-4-3-in-Ubuntu-11-10-tp3947501p4326065.html
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> 
> Hi,
> First of all, the binaries where created using checkinstall and
> therefore they are not "good" packages. So, the warning is not out of
> place.
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CheckInstall
> Starting in Feb 20, I will try to create proper packages and not this
> quick fixes.
> 
> In any case I never used the software center to install it, just
> > sudo dpkg -i debFileName
> 
> Finally, in the link you send to the wiki there are a series of
> previous steps to follow. Like getting all the dependencies. Did you
> follow these steps?
> I think that if you got it running everything will be ok... and if it
> doesn't you will get errors
> 
> Sorry for the inconveniences, I will create good packages a.s.a.p.
> 
> -- 
> M. Sc. Juan Pablo Carbajal
> -----
> PhD Student
> University of Zürich
> http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/carbajal/
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